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UK
/hjuːmˈɒŋɡəs/
]
[ US /hjuˈmɔŋɡəs/ ]
[ US /hjuˈmɔŋɡəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(used informally) very large
a thumping loss
How To Use humongous In A Sentence
- Perhaps the answer to future nuclear plants is not the "humongous" plants the author is against, but to utilize the highly developed, reliable, and effecient nuclear plants found on our carriers and subs. Jimmy Seidita: Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again
- He rebuilds a lab, on the sly, that is humongous, an undertaking requiring great wealth and a greater amount of equipment and manpower. Teenage armor: A review of the new Iron Man cartoon | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
- We had a humongous row just because she left.
- I've been a humongous fan of his music for years and years.
- In some scenes, Depp's white, polyester leisure suits and humongous gold-rimmed shades are so hilarious that it is hard to take him seriously.
- The risks stemming from the Federal Reserve's efforts to stimulate the economy through bond purchases are "humongous" and the central bank doesn't fully understand the potential effects, said Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan. Fed Policymakers 'Do Not Understand Risk' Says Taleb
- Since bankers can't guarantee a humongous first-day jump, professional investors are exercising more caution.
- That probably is worth a huge horselaugh, because franchises keep being bought for humongous sums.
- We thought it proper that we have one of the candidates who was on that humongous ballot here today.
- D.S. Chisholm Kent, Connecticut We do not know the word humongous here, but I have found used the word ginormous [gi (gantic + e) normous] among our teen-age children and their peers for the last three or four years. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4