The meaning of Prodigious

adjective

Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.

Usage examples:

The illness is recognizable from the patient's abnormal behaviour

adjective

Not usual or average

Usage examples:

We had an abnormal amount of snow., he has an abnormal heartbeat., [ c ] no abnormalities showed up…

adjective

Causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.

Usage examples:

An amazing number of people registered

verb

Surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment.

Usage examples:

She amazed doctors by fighting back when her deteriorating condition caused her to suffer heart fai…

adjective

Making someone feel extremely surprised

Usage examples:

It’s pretty amazing how much top athletes get paid.

adjective

Extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.

Usage examples:

An astonishing achievement

verb

Surprise or impress (someone) greatly.

Usage examples:

You never fail to astonish me

adjective

Surprisingly impressive or notable.

Usage examples:

The summit offers astounding views

verb

Shock or greatly surprise.

Usage examples:

Her bluntness astounded him

adjective

Very surprising or shocking

Usage examples:

An astounding fact/decision/revelation, an astounding (= very great) victory/achievement/success

adjective

Extremely large or great.

Usage examples:

A colossal amount of mail

adjective

Notably large in size, amount, or extent.

Usage examples:

A position of considerable influence

adjective

Very large or much

Usage examples:

He exhibited considerable skill in driving through the snowstorm., technology has advanced consider…

adjective

Very large in size, quantity, or extent.

Usage examples:

Enormous sums of money

adjective

Extremely large or great

Usage examples:

He ate an enormous helping of pasta., the wealthy will get enormous tax cuts under the proposal.

adjective

Enormous.

Usage examples:

A gargantuan appetite

adjective

Very large

Usage examples:

He has a gargantuan ego.

adjective

Of very great size or extent; huge or enormous.

Usage examples:

A gigantic concrete tower

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

A gigantic shopping center

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

Usage examples:

The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Another term for literae humaniores.

adjective

Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

Usage examples:

A figure wearing a grotesque mask

noun

A very ugly or comically distorted figure or image.

Usage examples:

The rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques

adjective

Strange and often frightening in appearance or character

Usage examples:

Some deep-sea creatures look really grotesque., his face was grotesquely scarred.

adjective

Extremely large; enormous.

Usage examples:

A huge area

adjective

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Usage examples:

The cost of restoration has been immense

adjective

Extremely large; great in size or degree

Usage examples:

He inherited an immense fortune., did you see that guy? he was immense!, country music is immensely…

adjective

Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive.

Usage examples:

The case had taken up an inordinate amount of time

adjective

Unreasonably or unusually large in size or degree

Usage examples:

She seemed to be inordinately fond of her dog.

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

noun

A large extinct elephant of the pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

Usage examples:

Woolly mammoths, which are now extinct, lived from the pleistocene to the early holocene period fro…

adjective

Huge.

Usage examples:

A mammoth corporation

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

Building the dam was a mammoth construction project.

adjective

Large and heavy or solid.

Usage examples:

A massive rampart of stone

noun

A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music.

Usage examples:

The bristol massive

adjective

Very large in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

A massive building, he took massive doses of vitamin c., she died of a massive heart attack.

adjective

Possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially because of size.

Usage examples:

Three mighty industrial countries

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

My ears got cold mighty fast

adjective

Very large, powerful, or important

Usage examples:

In the next game they will face the mighty patriots., the mighty river po, they offered to raise sa…

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

Usage examples:

Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

Usage examples:

After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

Great in importance, extent, or size.

Usage examples:

It's been a monumental effort

adjective

Very big or very great

Usage examples:

Rebuilding the bridge proved to be a monumental job.

adjective

Fairly large.

Usage examples:

A sizeable proportion of the population

adjective

Large

Usage examples:

A sizeable amount/area/house

abbreviation

Stone (in weight).

abbreviation

Saint.

Usage examples:

St george

suffix

Forming the second person singular of verbs.

Usage examples:

Canst

adjective

Of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Usage examples:

A substantial amount of cash

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

He took a substantial amount of money., they do a substantial portion of their business by phone.

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

Substantial benefits/costs/investment, a substantial amount/number/portion of sth banks make a subs…

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

adjective

Contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal.

Usage examples:

Death by unnatural causes

adjective

Not found in nature; artificial

Usage examples:

Nothing unnatural or polluting can be used., the recordings have an unnatural sound.

adjective

Of very great extent or quantity; immense.

Usage examples:

A vast plain full of orchards

noun

An immense space.

Usage examples:

And up from the vast a murmuring passed as from a wood of pines.