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colossal
[kuh-los-uhl]
adjective
extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
of or resembling a colossus.
(initial capital letter)noting or pertaining to a classical order whose columns or pilasters span two or more stories of a building.
colossal
/ əˈɒə /
adjective
of immense size; huge; gigantic
(in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size Compare heroic
Also: giant.architect of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade
Other Word Forms
- colossality noun
- colossally adverb
- supercolossal adjective
- supercolossally adverb
- ˈDz adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of colossal1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He says the number of those crucial chilling hours are falling and due to erratic weather conditions farmers are facing colossal financial losses every year.
Before I could get my phone out for a photo it glided away, but it was absolutely colossal, there was just no doubting what it was.
Palaeontologists believe the dinosaurs were migrating together in a colossal herd for hundreds of miles from the south - where they had spent the winter - to the north for the summer.
While the Doom series is famous for pitting players against colossal enemies, there are other behemoths it has to face.
If these movies can’t sell to American distributors due to a massive tariff, an equally colossal section of the potential money-spending audience is removed from the equation.
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When To Use
Colossal describes something as being very large in size, degree, or amount, as in I went to a colossal shopping mall that stretched for a mile. If something is colossal, it is enormous, gigantic, or massive.Colossal can also be used to describe a large degree of something, that is, a large amount or a large extent, like a colossal amount of boxes or a colossal advantage in the playoffs.Less commonly, colossal describes something as resembling a colossus, which is a very large statue, as in The large man was so colossal that he blocked the entire doorway.Example: Tyrannosaurus rex was a colossal dinosaur that towered over many of the smaller animals.
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