titanic

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)Alternative letter-case form of Titanic.
2. (broadly, comparable, not-comparable, usually)Alternative letter-case form of Titanic.
3. (broadly, not-comparable, usually)Alternative letter-case form of Titanic.
4. (not-comparable)Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium.
5. (not-comparable)Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted.
6. (not-comparable, usually)Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology.
7. (broadly, comparable, not-comparable, usually)Having great size, or great force, power, or strength.

   “Rome—Rome imperial, bows her to the storm, / In the same dust and blackness, and we pass / The skeleton of her Titanic form, / Wrecks of another world, whose ashes still are warm.”

   “And still in the distracted distance we beheld the tumults of the outer concentric circles, and saw successive pods of whales, eight or ten in each, swiftly going round and round, like multiplied spans of horses in a ring; and so closely shoulder to shoulder, that a Titanic circus-rider might easily have overarched the middle ones, and so have gone round on their backs.”

8. (broadly, not-comparable, usually)Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.

name

1. The RMS Titanic, an ocean liner, thought by the public to be unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.

   “The Titanic story inspired a movie considered as one of the best of all time.”

noun

1. A venture that fails spectacularly, especially one perceived as overconfident.

   “Surely , one doesn't want another Titanic, with everyone sailing along in the serene belief that all will be well”

   “"[…]We don't want another Titanic on our hands. Come on, folks, there's plenty of lifeboats for everybody. Make your way down."”

   “It is time that we review them holistically. But is is not easy to move the world. This is a Titanic that will continue to steer towards the iceberg because of its momentum.”