Meaning of COLOSSAL
| Pronunciation: | | ku'lâsul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" |
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| | Synonyms: | | big, large, prodigious, stupendous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Co*los"sal\, a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See
{Colossus}.]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
``A colossal stride.'' --Motley.
2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
{Heroic}.
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