different between stupendous vs whopping

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)

1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

   One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.

2. 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.

English

Etymology

whop (verb) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Hyphenation: whop?ping

Adjective

whopping (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Adverb

whopping (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.

Synonyms

• awfully
• terribly

Verb

whopping

1. present participle of whop.

Noun

whopping (plural whoppings)

1. A beating.

Synonyms

• thrashing
• walloping
• whupping (colloquial)

Further reading

• “whopping” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 24 July 2017.