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colossal
English
Etymology
From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós, “giant statue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l?s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Adjective
colossal (comparative more colossal, superlative most colossal)
- Extremely large or on a great scale.
- Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
Synonyms
- (extremely large): enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Related terms
- colosseum
- colossus
Translations
Anagrams
- alcosols
French
Etymology
Formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós) (originally used by Herodotus in reference to statues in ancient Egyptian temples).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.l?.sal/
Adjective
colossal (feminine singular colossale, masculine plural colossaux, feminine plural colossales)
- colossal, huge
Derived terms
- calmar colossal
Further reading
- “colossal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
From colosso +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?ko.lo.?saw/
Adjective
colossal m or f (plural colossais, comparable)
- colossal (extremely large)
- Synonyms: gigante, enorme
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revolting
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??lt??
Verb
revolting
- present participle of revolt
- The peasants are revolting!
Noun
revolting (countable and uncountable, plural revoltings)
- revolution (The action of the verb to revolt)
- 1837, The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
- Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.
- 1837, The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
Adjective
revolting (comparative more revolting, superlative most revolting)
- repulsive, disgusting
- The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Translations
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