How do you use the word "colossal" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "colossal" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "colossal": There are colossal mountains in the north. Forgetting to say the graduating student's name at the graduation ceremony was a colossal miss.

Colossal Meaning

/kəˈlɒsəl/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjExtremely large or on a great scale.

adjAmazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.

Sentence Examples

There are colossal mountains in the north.

Forgetting to say the graduating student's name at the graduation ceremony was a colossal miss.

Mount Chokai is a colossal mountain in Akita.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

big large stupendous

Antonyms:

small little

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ statue towered over the tiny village below.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ancient statue is a ____ structure that amazes tourists.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor. Latin colossusslbor. French colosse Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French colossalder. English colossal From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today." — 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

"What is wrong with you, you colossal fucking creep⁉ You found the only possible wrong answer to that question! “What’s your favorite color? Hitler.”" — 2017 April 23, “Ivanka & Jared”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 10, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

""It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."" — 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

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