Definition of pharaonic
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:enormous in size or magnitude
- pharaonic construction projects
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Examples of pharaonic in a Sentence
the building of the Hoover Dam was a construction project of pharaonic proportions
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The media in both Egypt and Sudan have exacerbated the two nation’s differences, with sensational comments and some biting mockery that, on one occasion, touched on the size of Pharaonic pyramids in both countries.
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The old-school Mafiosi are fading into the past, pale imitations of their pharaonic forefathers.
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Five minutes’ walk west is the pharaonic cenotaph to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.
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Archaeologists poured in, extra suitcases in hand, to delve into the country’s pharaonic past.
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That is why so many pharaonic works of art show tables piled high with food.
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Only one firm is currently mining, but all of them are following in the tracks of pharaonic miners, inspired by one of the most remarkable documents that the ancient Egyptians left to posterity.
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It’s estimated that the flooding was either inadequate or excessive roughly once every five years during the pharaonic period.
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Origin and Etymology of pharaonic
French pharaonique, from pharaon pharaoh, from Late Latin Pharaon-, Pharao
pharaonic Synonyms
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, huge, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whoppingAntonyms
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, weeRelated Words
big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, outsize (also outsized), overgrown, oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infiniteNear Antonyms
little, mini, petite, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pintLearn More about pharaonic
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