stupendous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
    colossal; prodigious.
    • colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
    • has a colossal nerve
    • a prodigious storm
    • a stupendous field of grass
    • stupendous demand

WordNet

Stu*pen"dous adjective
Etymology
L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.
Definitions
  1. Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." Macaulay.
    All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope.
    -- Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. -- Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.

Webster 1913