Meaning & use
stupendous
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Extremely impressive, astonishing, or great in size or degree.
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The fireworks display was a stupendous end to the festival.
They achieved a stupendous victory against a much stronger team.
A note on using this word
Slightly old-fashioned and enthusiastic in tone; often used to express genuine awe rather than mild praise.
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