monumental

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

monu·men·tal [monumental] BrE [ˌmɒnjuˈmentl] NAmE [ˌmɑːnjuˈmentl] adjective
1. usually before noun very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work
Syn: ↑historic
•Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire’
2. only before noun very large, good, bad, stupid, etc.
Syn: ↑major
•a book of monumental significance
•We have a monumental task ahead of us.
•It seems like an act of monumental folly.
•We must act now to avert a disaster of monumental proportions.
3. only before noun appearing in or serving as a ↑monument
•a monumental inscription/tomb
•a monumental mason (= a person who makes ↑monuments )

Example Bank:
•This book is a work of monumental significance.
•a monumental error/disaster/cock-up
•an act of monumental folly
•monumental incompetence

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  massive, monolithic