- 1. a. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. Source: opted
- 2. a. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. Source: opted
- 3. adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. of momentous or ominous significance Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne. 2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." Milton. Syn. -- Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe s of momentous or ominous significance s far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree Source: ecdict
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