Category:Tremendous

Tre*men"dous, a. Etym: [l. tremendus that is to be trembled at, Fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See tremble.]

Defn: fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or Terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, A tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall. A tremendous mischief was a foot. Motley.

Syn. -- terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful. -- tre*men"dous*ly, adv. -- tre*men"dous*ness, n.