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prodigious
What does prodigious mean?
prodigious (adjective): very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use prodigious in a sentence?
- A prodigious storm. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce prodigious?
/pɹəˈdɪdʒəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prodigious come from?
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, portentous”), from Latin prōdigiōsus (“strange, unnatural; marvellous, wonderful, prodigious”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of prodigious?
Words related to prodigious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “prodigious” mean?
very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge
Right! That's what “prodigious” means.
extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious
Not quite: that's what obnoxious means.
using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary
Not quite: that's what tautological means.
excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
Not quite: that's what mawkish means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “prodigious”?
lavender
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vigorous
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mythical
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colossal
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