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Brobdingnagian
adjective Brob·ding·nag·ian \ˌbräb-diŋ-ˈna-gē-ən, -dig-ˈna-\
Definition of BROBDINGNAGIAN
: marked by tremendous size
— Brobdingnagian noun
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Origin of BROBDINGNAGIAN
Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Related to BROBDINGNAGIAN
- Synonyms
- astronomical (also astronomic), huge, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
- Antonyms
- bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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