monstrous

1 of 2

adjective

mon·strous ˈmän(t)-strəs How to pronounce monstrous (audio)

: having extraordinary often overwhelming size : gigantic

stuffing a monstrous sandwich down his throat

Mike Flaherty

a monstrous skyscraper

: extraordinarily ugly or vicious : horrible

a monstrous crime

monstrous mayhem

: shockingly wrong or ridiculous

the legend assumed monstrous proportions

Louis Untermeyer

a monstrous miscalculation

: deviating greatly from the natural form or character : abnormal

a monstrous melon

: very great

—used as an intensive

a monstrous hammering on his door

G. D. Browna monstrous hangover

: having the qualities or appearance of a monster

came face to face with a monstrous creature

Lester David

obsolete : teeming with monsters

obsolete : strange, unnatural

monstrously adverb

monstrousness noun

monstrous

2 of 2

adverb

chiefly dialectal

: very, extremely

a monstrous long raft

Mark Twain

Synonyms

Adjective

deformed
distorted
malformed
misshapen
shapeless

Adverb

achingly
almighty
archly
awful
awfully
badly
beastly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
damn
damned
dang
deadly
desperately
eminently
enormously
especially
ever
exceedingly
exceeding
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
frightfully
full
greatly
heavily
highly
hugely
immensely
incredibly
intensely
jolly
majorly
mightily
mighty
mortally
most
much
particularly
passing
rattling
real
really
right
roaring
roaringly
seriously
severely
so
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
stinking
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
thumping
too
unco
uncommonly
vastly
very
vitally
way
whacking
wicked
wildly

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Example Sentences

Adjective It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years. a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat Adverb a monstrous pretty gal, she was

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Goth’s ability to bring to life a character made monstrous by envy.

Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 But her visions for a better world often bend back toward the monstrous.

WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 To be categorically clear, there cannot be any moral equivalency between a monstrous and sanguinary apostle of death like Al-Zawahiri and the supreme champion of free speech, Salman Rushdie.

Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Which is a way of saying that Mr. Murakami is the master of an aspect of current Japanese visual culture: pushing the cute into the monstrous.

Peter Plagens, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022 The phone bills were monstrous; at several points, Donnie had to borrow money from Simon to cover them.

Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022 Walsh’s gallery of rogues, from the lovable to the monstrous, was the most colorful in the business.

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022 Of course, this is Stranger Things, where body horror is par for the course, so naturally the evil telepathic creature who preys on the innermost fears and demons of his victims is just as monstrous on the outside.

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 3 July 2022 Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the story of a group of immortal superheroes who reemerge from the shadows to protect humans from the monstrous Deviants.

cleveland, 8 Sep. 2021 See More

单词	monstrousness
释义	monstrous 1 of 2 adjective mon·strous ˈmän(t)-strəs 1 : having extraordinary often overwhelming size : gigantic stuffing a monstrous sandwich down his throat Mike Flaherty a monstrous skyscraper 2 a : extraordinarily ugly or vicious : horrible a monstrous crime monstrous mayhem b : shockingly wrong or ridiculous the legend assumed monstrous proportions Louis Untermeyer a monstrous miscalculation 3 : deviating greatly from the natural form or character : abnormal a monstrous melon 4 : very great —used as an intensive a monstrous hammering on his door G. D. Browna monstrous hangover 5 a : having the qualities or appearance of a monster came face to face with a monstrous creature Lester David b obsolete : teeming with monsters 6 obsolete : strange, unnatural monstrously adverb monstrousness noun monstrous 2 of 2 adverb chiefly dialectal : very, extremely a monstrous long raft Mark Twain Synonyms Adjective deformed distorted malformed misshapen shapeless Adverb achingly almighty archly awful awfully badly beastly blisteringly bone colossally corking cracking damn damned dang deadly desperately eminently enormously especially ever exceedingly exceeding extra extremely fabulously fantastically far fiercely filthy frightfully full greatly heavily highly hugely immensely incredibly intensely jolly majorly mightily mighty mortally most much particularly passing rattling real really right roaring roaringly seriously severely so sore sorely spanking specially stinking such super supremely surpassingly terribly that thumping too unco uncommonly vastly very vitally way whacking wicked wildly See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years. a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat Adverb a monstrous pretty gal, she was Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Goth’s ability to bring to life a character made monstrous by envy. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 But her visions for a better world often bend back toward the monstrous. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 To be categorically clear, there cannot be any moral equivalency between a monstrous and sanguinary apostle of death like Al-Zawahiri and the supreme champion of free speech, Salman Rushdie. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Which is a way of saying that Mr. Murakami is the master of an aspect of current Japanese visual culture: pushing the cute into the monstrous. Peter Plagens, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022 The phone bills were monstrous; at several points, Donnie had to borrow money from Simon to cover them. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022 Walsh’s gallery of rogues, from the lovable to the monstrous, was the most colorful in the business. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022 Of course, this is Stranger Things, where body horror is par for the course, so naturally the evil telepathic creature who preys on the innermost fears and demons of his victims is just as monstrous on the outside. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 3 July 2022 Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the story of a group of immortal superheroes who reemerge from the shadows to protect humans from the monstrous Deviants. cleveland, 8 Sep. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6 Adverb 1569, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition monstrous adjective mon·strous ˈmän-strəs 1 : unusually large : enormous He has a monstrous appetite. 2 : very bad or wrong a monstrous injustice 3 : very ugly, cruel, or vicious a monstrous creature monstrousness noun as in immensity Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance immensity hugeness bigness vastness greatness massiveness largeness grossness enormousness amplitude immenseness grandness bulkiness capaciousness voluminousness stupendousness volume spaciousness ampleness roominess tremendousness heftiness mass commodiousness dimension size extent area measurement magnitude bulk proportion measure
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monstrous

adjective

adverb

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