Bunyanesque

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
Adjective
  • The only other sound came from the two mammoth screens overlooking the parking lot, broadcasting entertainment for those sitting on the restaurant balcony.
    Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the world’s oldest microbial DNA has been found preserved in the mammoth remains dating back over one million years.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The arrangement suggests that the region’s colossal elevation is supported not by one massive crustal slab, but by a complex, layered architecture.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But for me the book was a colossal procrastination of not fully feeling the pain of the Russian invasion.
    Maria Reva September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It was made by a devoted fan who is less interested in depicting his subject as a three-dimensional human being than in reinforcing his reputation as a prodigious talent and kindhearted soul, who, in spite of a couple of demons, was still ultimately a great guy.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Never mind that the consensus that the United States should have low taxes and stable money—the consensus of the economically prodigious nineteenth century—was manifestly shot to smithereens by the unbelievable policy developments of 1929-33.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Flushing toilets and gargantuan shower heads.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In a luxury industry almost entirely controlled by gargantuan conglomerates like LVMH and Kering, Armani was a rare holdout, managing to retain its independence a private company.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike the First World War, which started for no good reason and was fought for even less, the American Civil War was understood by the most clear eyed Unionists and Confederates to be, from the outset, something titanic and consequential.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Osbourne’s death has the music industry in mourning over the loss of one of its most titanic figures.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Get it in deep blue, silver, or a new cosmic orange.
    Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Let’s Play Ball, two rival teams of comedians go head-to-head in a race to transport a gigantic ball across various terrains.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Large downward revisions to monthly jobs data in recent weeks put a gigantic spotlight on an incredibly typical procedure for economic data.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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