gargantuan
UK/ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən//ɡɑɹˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/
gargantuan adjective: huge; immense; tremendous.
Adjective (1)
gargantuan (comparative more gargantuan, superlative most gargantuan)
- Huge; immense; tremendous.
- Some distant observers of the Scottish football scene reckon that all - all! - Gerrard has to do is beat Celtic to become a legend. Even if that was true - and, demonstrably, it is not - then it would be a gargantuan task all on its own.2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport
- Or the twinkling dining rooms: all frilly net curtains, pink walls, kaleidoscope-patterned carpets and tiny tables, crammed with teetering piles of hand-painted ceramic crockery (think plates covered in colorful swirls and cocktail mugs shaped like heaving bosoms or ladies’ faces) that showcase...2019 September 14, Elizabeth Paton, “A Fashion/Food Blowout in the Shadow of Brexit”, in New York Times
- Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Gargantuan
Gargantuan (comparative more Gargantuan, superlative most Gargantuan)
- Alternative letter-case form of gargantuan.
- The delectableſt luſtie ſight and mouingeſt obiect, me thought it was that our Ile ſets forth, and nothing behinde in number with the inuincible Spaniſh Armada, though they were not ſuch Gargantuan boyſterous gulliguts as they, though ſhips and galeaſſes they would haue beene reckoned in the nauy...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 5
- Magnified to Gargantuan proportions and repeated three times over it is absolutely disgusting.1896 July 15, “Notes”, in The Chap-Book, volume V, number 5, H. S. Stone & Company, page 240
gargantuan meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
gargantuan in Malayalam
- huge
- വളരെ വലിയ vaḷare valiya
gargantuan in Kannada
- huge
- ಬೃಹದಾಕಾರದ bṛhadākārada, ದೈತ್ಯಾಕಾರದ daityākārada, ವಿಪರೀತ viparīta, ದೊಡ್ಡ doḍḍa, ರಾಕ್ಷಸಾಕಾರದ rākṣasākārada
gargantuan in Indonesian
- huge
- besar, raksasa, luar biasa
Examples of gargantuan in a sentence
- The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
- Barm brack, a raisin-studded teacake of gargantuan proportions, is the speciality of many an Irish matron.
- In an instant, the creature reared back on its haunches and spurted out a gargantuan nugget!
Synonyms of gargantuan
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Forms of gargantuan
| comparative | more gargantuan |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gargantuan |
| alternative form | Gargantuan |
| comparative | more Gargantuan |
| superlative | most Gargantuan |
Origin of gargantuan
From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”).
Words formed from gargantuan
Phrases with gargantuan
Questions about gargantuan
- What does gargantuan mean?
- Gargantuan means huge; immense; tremendous.
- What is gargantuan in Malayalam?
- Gargantuan in Malayalam is വളരെ വലിയ (vaḷare valiya). See Gargantuan meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is gargantuan?
- Gargantuan is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gargantuan?
- Gargantuan is pronounced /ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ (UK).
Words near gargantuan in the dictionary
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