colossal

/kəˈlɒsəl/adjective

Very big; enormous in size or degree.

Example sentence

“Moving the piano upstairs turned out to be a colossal effort.”

From 'colossus', a giant statue like the Colossus of Rhodes. Fits scale and failure alike: a colossal fortune, a colossal mistake.

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