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
  • There’s Peter Crouch, a gargantuan 6-foot-7 forward, who racked up 108goals in the Premier League in England.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • While these gargantuan commercial-grade wind turbines can supply an impressive amount of power to a large collection of homes, German company SkyWind has taken a different, and user-friendly, approach to harnessing wind energy.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 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
  • There’s also a bunch of strange cosmic beings to fight off too.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This all represents their model, depending on a single energy scale that goes on to account for all predictions of cosmic evolution.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After the House settlement, both schools dissolved their ties with collectives, but many schools still have them in a new era that is essentially a gigantic, expensive experiment.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Their Instagram announcement—a carousel of the couple's lavish garden engagement photoshoot—has been liked more than 35 million times since it was posted on August 26, with Swifties around the world fawning over the singer's gigantic ring.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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