humongous

• humungous

Blend of huge +‎ monstrous.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/, /ˌhjuːˈmɒŋɡəs/
  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): [çu̟ːˈmʊŋɡəs]
  • (Southern England) IPA^(key): [ˌçu̟ːˈmɐŋɡəs]

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəs

humongous (comparative more humongous, superlative most humongous)

1. (informal) Of an extremely large size.
   • 1964 May 29, The Colonnade‎:

     Other students make wide detours to avoid the humiliation and fear of being chased and attacked by the humongous numbers of bees in front of Atkinson.

   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 19:

     Solomon had pulled this humongous fish that was bigger than anything weʼd ever seen.

• enormous
• gigantic
• ginormous
• immense
• huge
• massive
• See also Thesaurus:large