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whopping

7.7

Makes an adjective or adverb mean very much

adverb
/ˈwɑːpɪŋ/

Informal

: enormemente

That new laptop is whopping expensive for a student budget.

Examples

The new car was whopping fast, reaching 60 miles per hour in just four seconds.
The crowd was whopping loud at the championship game.
He was whopping drunk after the party last night.
That was a whopping success!
She made a whopping mistake in her calculations.
Her birthday cake was whopping sweet, loaded with layers of chocolate and cream.
The hike was whopping challenging, requiring us to climb steep hills and rocky terrain.

Synonyms

rattling

vswhopping

1 8.2

Makes a describing word sound very strong

is focused on degree rather than liveliness or impressive effect

whoppingly

vswhopping

Informal

7.8

To a very large degree

is the same meaning but used in a different grammatical form

roaring

vswhopping

Informal

7.0

To use before an adjective to show a very strong feeling

is used more broadly as an informal intensifier before adjectives or adverbs

rattlingly

vswhopping

7.9

To make a describing word much stronger

is chiefly informal in use before adjectives or adverbs

whacking

vswhopping

7.7

Very large in size or amount

is a general intensifier of degree rather than size emphasis

Antonyms

slightly

885 1.0

A little, not very much

marginally

35 4.1

By a small amount

How Extreme

extremely

∞ 1.0

whopping

Informal

7.7

considerably

144 3.4

somewhat

816 2.0

slightly

885 1.0

Surface Forms

whopping positive

Morphology

whopping = whop (opaque) = whop + ing

The form is built from 'whop' plus '-ing', but the modern intensifying sense is not predictably derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Whopping as an adverb also comes from the old verb whop 'to hit' and the sense of something big, so people began using it as a strong way to say 'very' or 'extremely'. That's why saying someone was 'whopping' drunk means they were extremely drunk.