Brobdingnagian (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The brobdingnagian size of the monster was awe-inspiring as it stormed through the city.
- The cathedral's brobdingnagian vaulted ceiling was a testament to the architect's skill and ambition.
- Travelers to the fictional island of Brobdingnag marveled at the brobdingnagian scale of everything around them.
- The brobdingnagian appetite of the NFL quarterback was the stuff of legend, as he would consume an entire turkey at a single sitting.
- A series of brobdingnagian skyscrapers transformed the once-quaint skyline into a metropolitan powerhouse.