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mon·strous
(mŏn′strəs)adj.
1.
a. Shockingly hideous or frightful in appearance.
b. Of or resembling a fabulous monster.
2. Exceptionally large; enormous: a monstrous tidal wave.
3. Extremely immoral or cruel: a monstrous dictator; monstrous behavior.
4. Archaic Deviating greatly from the norm in appearance or structure; abnormal.
[Middle English, from Old French monstruos, from Latin mōnstruōsus, from mōnstrum, portent, monster; see monster.]
mon′strous·ly adv.
mon′strous·ness n.
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monstrous
(ˈmɒnstrəs)adj
1. abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc
2. (Biology) (of plants and animals) abnormal in structure
3. outrageous, atrocious, or shocking: it is monstrous how badly he is treated.
4. huge: a monstrous fire.
5. of, relating to, or resembling a monster
ˈmonstrously adv
ˈmonstrousness n
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mon•strous
(ˈmɒn strəs)adj.
1. frightful, esp. in appearance; extremely ugly.
2. shocking or revolting; outrageous: monstrous cruelty.
3. extraordinarily great; immense: a monstrous building.
4. having the nature or appearance of a fabulous monster.
adv. 5. Chiefly Dial. extremely; very.
mon′strous•ly, adv.
mon′strous•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | monstrous - abnormally large big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
2. | monstrous - shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" | |
3. | monstrous - distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" |
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monstrous
adjective
1. outrageous, shocking, evil, horrifying, vicious, foul, cruel, infamous, intolerable, disgraceful, scandalous, atrocious, inhuman, diabolical, heinous, odious, loathsome, devilish, egregious, fiendish, villainous She endured his monstrous behaviour for years.
outrageous good, kind, fine, decent, mild, admirable, honourable, humane, merciful
outrageous good, kind, fine, decent, mild, admirable, honourable, humane, merciful
2. huge, giant, massive, great, towering, vast, enormous, tremendous, immense, titanic, gigantic, mammoth, colossal, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) They were erecting a monstrous edifice.
huge little, small, minute, tiny, slight, miniature, insignificant, meagre, diminutive, puny
huge little, small, minute, tiny, slight, miniature, insignificant, meagre, diminutive, puny
3. unnatural, terrible, horrible, dreadful, abnormal, obscene, horrendous, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, frightful, hellish, freakish, fiendish, miscreated, teratoid the film's monstrous fantasy figure
unnatural appealing, natural, normal, beautiful, ordinary, attractive, lovely, pleasant, delightful
unnatural appealing, natural, normal, beautiful, ordinary, attractive, lovely, pleasant, delightful
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
monstrous
adjective1. Disgracefully and grossly offensive:
Archaic: enormous.
2. Of extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
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Translations
شَنيع، مُخيف، فَظيعهائِل
monstrózníohavný
forfærdeliguhyrlig
groteskihirveähirvittäväsuunnatonvaltava
nagy: éktelen nagy
andstyggilegurvanskapaîur; risastór
monštruózny
grozenpošasten
canavar gibikorkunç
monstrous
[ˈmɒnstrəs] ADJ1. (= huge) → enorme, gigantesco
2. (= dreadful) → monstruoso
it is monstrous that → es una verdadera vergüenza or un auténtico escándalo que + subjun
it is monstrous that → es una verdadera vergüenza or un auténtico escándalo que + subjun
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
monstrous
adj
(= shocking, horrible) → abscheulich; crime, thought, colour → grässlich, abscheulich; suggestion → ungeheuerlich; it’s monstrous that … → es ist einfach ungeheuerlich or schändlich, dass …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
monstrous
[ˈmɒnstrəs] adj (huge) → colossale, enorme; (dreadful) → mostruoso/ait is monstrous that ... → è scandaloso or pazzesco che... + sub
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
monster
(ˈmonstə) noun1. (also adjective) (something) of unusual size, form or appearance. a monster tomato.
2. a huge and/or horrible creature. prehistoric monsters.
3. a very evil person. The man must be a monster to treat his children so badly!
ˈmonstrous adjective1. huge and often unpleasant.
2. shocking. a monstrous lie.
ˈmonstrously adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.