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| 1. | Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. | |
| 2. | Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; |
| Adj. | 1. | prodigious - so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" Synonyms: colossal, stupendous |
| 2. | prodigious - of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" Synonyms: portentous | |
| 3. | prodigious - far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" |
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