giantess

Definition of giantessnext

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Recent Examples of giantess The circus promoter who gave us bearded infants, giantesses from Maine, and Jumbo the elephant had earlier established the American Museum, in lower Manhattan. Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026 Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew. Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025 Stewart herself is certainly no stranger to starring in movies that are a little off the wall; Love Lies Bleeding, famously, ended with (spoiler alert) what basically amounted to a giantess fantasy sequence. James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 Moroney is standing on the shoulders of other giantesses, too, but combining some of their different qualities in an interesting way — as girly as Shania Twain on the surface level but at least somewhere on the same toughness scale that is topped by Miranda Lambert, too. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025 In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her. Jane Smiley june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size. Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantess
Noun
  • But the rally has become increasingly concentrated in a handful of heavyweight technology names, particularly memory-chip maker SK Hynix and electronics giant Samsung Electronics.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • Hong Kong/Hangzhou — Stephen Curry announced a partnership for his signature brand with Li-Ning on Monday, ending his sneaker free agency in a major win for the Chinese sportswear giant.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Among the marquee names the airplane colossus reportedly courted, sans sale, were CEOs Larry Culp of GE Aerospace, Dave Gitlin of Carrier Global, and its own chairman, Steve Mollenkopf, the former Qualcomm chief.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Kick off your trip with an architectural colossus—the Windy City, one of the most dynamic destinations in the country.
    Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Access to Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed after a dead whale was found floating near the shore on Wednesday.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has issued the first batch of permits to move the whales and is set to issue different permits closer to the move, expected to take place in the next few months.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Colors aside, the most unique feature of the True Blue Air Jordan 3 is its use of gray elephant print across the mid-panel of the eyelets.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
  • Environmental stewardship of the 350,000-acre Grumeti Reserve has amplified viable habitat for Serengeti’s wildlife and nurtured population recoveries of species like elephant and buffalo.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • The Giants are a big (but should be bigger) budget behemoth that can’t do the big things right and also, for good measure, are doing every conceivable little thing wrong.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • When Colossal Biosciences raises capital at a $10 billion valuation, investors are not betting on the mammoth.
    Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Bringing Colter on board gives another boost to Cupertino — described as a David vs Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley — which is targeted for the 2026-27 season.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The show is described as a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Navigating the Long Tau river requires these deep-sea leviathans to turn on a dime, making for some spectacular viewing.
    Loz Blain May 14, New Atlas, 14 May 2026
  • The biggest drag on European innovation and tech is a lack of domestic funding, not regulation, and the new rules are more likely to hurt tech leviathans whose size and network effects contribute to their addictive quality.
    Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Giantess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantess. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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