Humongous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(used informally) very large

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hjuːmˈʌŋɡəs/

🇬🇧British English

/hjuːmˈʌŋɡəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hjuːmˈʌŋɡəs/

3 syllables Say it as /hjuːmˈʌŋɡəs/.

Examples

a thumping loss

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

banging whopping thumping walloping

Parts of Speech

adjective

(used informally) very large

“a thumping loss”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

riesig

(informell verwendet) sehr groß

🇫🇷French

énorme

(utilisé de manière informelle) très grand

🇪🇸Spanish

enorme

(usado informalmente) muy grande

🇮🇹Italian

gigantesco

(usato in modo informale) molto grande

🇳🇱Dutch

gigantisch

(informeel gebruikt) erg groot

🇵🇹Portuguese

enorme

(usado informalmente) muito grande

🇷🇺Russian

огромный

(используется неофициально) очень большой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विशाल

(अनौपचारिक रूप से प्रयुक्त) बहुत बड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

hungous

(অনানুষ্ঠানিকভাবে ব্যবহৃত) খুব বড়

🇮🇳Tamil

மிகப்பெரிய

(முறைசாரா முறையில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது) மிகப் பெரியது

🇮🇳Telugu

విపరీతమైన

(అనధికారికంగా ఉపయోగించబడుతుంది) చాలా పెద్దది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रचंड

(अनौपचारिकपणे वापरलेले) खूप मोठे

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિશાળ

(અનૌપચારિક રીતે વપરાયેલ) ખૂબ મોટી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೃಹತ್

(ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ) ತುಂಬಾ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭീമാകാരമായ

(അനൗപചാരികമായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു) വളരെ വലുതാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ

(ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ) ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بہت بڑا

(غیر رسمی طور پر استعمال کیا جاتا ہے) بہت بڑا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

巨大的

（非正式使用）非常大

🇯🇵Japanese

巨大な

(非公式に使用される)非常に大きい

🇰🇷Korean

거대한

(비공식적으로 사용됨) 매우 크다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khổng lồ

(dùng không chính thức) rất lớn

🇹🇭Thai

มีรูปร่างใหญ่โต

(ใช้อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ) ใหญ่มาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

sangat besar

(digunakan secara informal) sangat besar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضخم

(تستخدم بشكل غير رسمي) كبيرة جدًا

🇮🇷Persian

انبوه

(به طور غیررسمی استفاده می شود) بسیار بزرگ

🇹🇷Turkish

devasa

(gayri resmi olarak kullanılır) çok büyük

🇮🇱Hebrew

אדיר

(בשימוש לא רשמי) גדול מאוד

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