Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesquenext
as in mammoth

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
  1. mammoth
  2. colossal
  3. prodigious
  4. gargantuan
  5. titanic
  6. cosmic
  7. gigantic
  8. cyclopean
Adjective
  • The Big Story Massive annual defense policy bill passes in House The House on Wednesday passed the annual defense policy bill, sending the mammoth measure to the Senate for consideration ahead of Congress’s end-of-month deadline.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • From the same bone analyses, the researchers extrapolated that mammoth meat made up 40 percent of the mother’s diet.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • Advertisement France is under pressure from the European Union’s executive body and financial markets to reduce its colossal debt, estimated to reach 6% of its gross domestic product this year.
    Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In one 1941 cartoon by E. H. Shepard, who is best known for being the illustrator behind Winnie-the-Pooh, the then-prime minister was depicted as a brave, colossal dragon-slayer decked out in shining armor.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • Her prodigious talent did not go unnoticed by the Dutch national team coach Andries Jonker, even after Yohannes was called up by the United States women's national team in March by interim head coach Twila Kilgore.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Other than lake-effect snow near the Great Lakes, which could be prodigious, the overall pattern in the East is a dry one through much of early December as a dry, northwesterly flow is anticipated, Baggett said.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of prodigious
Adjective
  • That’s nowhere clearer than in the climactic final confrontation between Noa and Proximus Caesar’s brute in command, an imposing gorilla named Sylva (Eka Darville), which takes place within a gargantuan armory that’s flooding quickly around them.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The ‘blazing furnace’ The real estate mogul’s downfall was stunning for the gargantuan scale of the fraud, rattling a country which has long projected an image of authoritarian stability.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of gargantuan
Adjective
  • After a titanic battle with Lewis Hamilton for the championship in 2021, Verstappen swept to the title in 2022 before winning 19 out of 22 races the following year to win the championship by an almost 300-point margin.
    Sam Joseph, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Whether sung by a group of vultures, a menacing sea witch, or a cavalcade of pirates, these Disney songs have made a titanic impact on the All-American songbook.
    Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of titanic
Adjective
  • The Saturn Return framework was a comforting thought: that there was some sort of cosmic force supporting the emerging self, on a timeline that matched my own life’s more closely.
    Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Featuring digital cutout animation, the meta comedy turns on a cosmic animator hired by the Central Committee of the People’s Republic to create a philosophical film for Chairman Mao.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of cosmic
Adjective
  • With the baseball world heading to Dallas for the Winter Meetings on Sunday, one gigantic question is hovering over the Yankees and the rest of the league: where will Juan Soto sign?
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Yet another, a gigantic bib of turquoise and malachite beads, yellow and white diamonds, cushion-cut yellow sapphire, and a cushion aquamarine, pays homage to the covert watch necklace with an upside-down timepiece pendant dangling at the end of it.
    Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.
    CNN, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.
    Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
Definition of cyclopean
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