Definitions for prodigious

Definitions for (adj) prodigious

Main entry: colossal, stupendous, prodigious

Definition: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

Usage: colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple; has a colossal nerve; a prodigious storm; a stupendous field of grass; stupendous demand


Main entry: exceeding, exceptional, prodigious, surpassing, olympian

Definition: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

Usage: a night of exceeding darkness; an exceptional memory; olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy; the young Mozart's prodigious talents


Main entry: prodigious, portentous

Definition: of momentous or ominous significance

Usage: such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville; a prodigious vision


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