tremendous –adjective
| 1. | extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent. |
| 2. | extraordinary in excellence: a tremendous movie. |
| 3. | dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying. |
horrendous –adjective
shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
stupendous –adjective
| 1. | causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news. |
| 2. | amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information. |
hazardous –adjective
| 1. | full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey. |
| 2. | dependent on chance. |
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:
abstemious –adjective
| 1. | sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet. |
| 2. | characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life. |
| 3. | sparing: an abstemious diet. |
facetious –adjective
| 1. | not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. |
| 2. | amusing; humorous. |
| 3. | lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person. |
**** I had no Idea what abstemious meant so i technically learned 2 things today.
and just as a side note, facetious is my favorite word of all time.
I didn't even know how to spell facetious! I like it, too.
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