Hūge, a.

adjective

a. [compar. HUGER; superl. HUGEST.] [O. Eng. hogge, houge, D. hoog, Ger. hoch, O. Fr. ahugue, ahuege. See HIGH.]

Sense 1. Very large or great; enormous; monstrous; immense; as, a huge mountain; a huge ox.

Sense 2. Extended; very great; carried to a high degree;—inelegantly applied to space, distance, and degree; as, a huge space; a huge difference; a huge feeder.

Instantly was set The huge confusion. Chapman.

It is a huge folly rather to grieve for the good of others than to rejoice for that good which God hath given us of our own. Bp. Taylor.

Synonyms—Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.