different between stupendous vs grisly
stupendous
English
Etymology
First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from Latin stupeo (“(I) am stunned”). Compare stupid. See Latin stupeo for more.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /stu?p?nd?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stju?p?nd?s/
- Rhymes: -?nd?s
Adjective
stupendous (comparative more stupendous, superlative most stupendous)
- Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
- The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.
Synonyms
- colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Derived terms
- stupendously
- stupendousness
Related terms
- stupid
- stupor
Translations
References
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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grisly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /????zli/
- Homophone: grizzly
- Hyphenation: gris?ly
Etymology 1
From Middle English grisely, grysly, grissli?, griselich, grislich, from Old English grisli? (“grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid”), from gr?san (“to shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified; to make tremble, to terrify; to agrise, grise”) (unattested but implied in ?gr?san) + -lic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’).
The word may also be an aphetic form of Old English ongrislic, agrisenli?, the past participle of agr?san (“to agrise”).
Compare Danish grusom, Swedish gräslig, Middle Dutch grezelijc (modern Dutch griezelig), Middle High German grisenlich (modern German grässlich, grausen).
Adjective
grisly (comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)
- Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) grisy, gristly, (misspellings) grizzly; see also Thesaurus:frightening
- Misspelling of gristly.
- Misspelling of grizzly.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with gristly or grizzly.
Alternative forms
- griesly, grislie (obsolete)
Derived terms
- grislily
- grisliness
- ungrisly
Related terms
- grise
Translations
Etymology 2
From grisle (“horror, terror”) +? -ly; compare Middle Dutch griselike, Middle Low German grislike.
Adverb
grisly (comparative more grisly, superlative most grisly)
- (obsolete) In a horrible or terrible manner; in a terrifying way.
Synonyms
- grimly
- horribly
- terribly
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