monstrousadjective
uk/ˈmɒn.strəs/us/ˈmɑːn.strəs/monstrous adjective (BAD)
very cruel:
a monstrous crime
monstrous cruelty
But that's monstrous - he can't be allowed to get away with it!
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Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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monstrous adjective (CREATURE)
like a monster:
The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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