Monstrous

Word MONSTROUS
Character 9
Hyphenation mon strous
Pronunciations /ˈmɒnstɹəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Monstrous"

What do we mean by monstrous?

Shockingly hideous or frightful in appearance. adjective

Of or resembling a fabulous monster. adjective

Exceptionally large; enormous. adjective

Extremely immoral or cruel. adjective

Deviating greatly from the norm in appearance or structure; abnormal. adjective

Of unnatural formation; deviating greatly from the natural form or structure; out of the common course of nature: as, a monstrous birth or production.

Enormous; huge; prodigious; unparalleled.

Shocking; hateful; horrible: as, a monstrous delusion.

Full of monsters or strange creatures.

Synonyms Abnormal.

Prodigious, vast, colossal, stupendous.

Wicked, Atrocious, etc. (see atrocious).

Exceedingly; extremely; wonderfully: as, monstrous difficult.

Marvelous; strange. adjective

Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal. adjective

Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc. adjective

Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. adjective

Abounding in monsters. adjective

Exceedingly; very; very much. adverb

Hideous or frightful.

Enormously large.

Freakish or grotesque.

Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.

Marvellous; strange.

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The word "monstrous" in example sentences

If I were assembling an all-star touring band called "The Monsters of Jazz," the first guy I'd call would be James Carter: At 42, the saxophonist has chops, technique, concepts and energy enough to justify several definitions of the term "monstrous." ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

He said he saw the car, a red four-door, coming and the "spreader," which he called a "monstrous vehicle," locked up its brakes and "was deafening, just screeching." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Tennis star Martina Hingis (ph) abruptly retired today while denying what she called monstrous accusations that she tested positive for cocaine during this year's Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Among what they called your monstrous follies, which was the worst, the most damnable? ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

The only reason I don't consider Card monstrous is because I think he's sick. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

While certain monstrous characters might not be exactly protagonists, Gwen's conflict is more intangible than, say, making sure she stakes the right vampire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is also asked whether we are to believe that certain monstrous races of men, spoken of in secular history, have sprung from Noah's sons, or rather, I should say, from that one man from whom they themselves were descended. ❋ M_francis (2009)

They hold no terms with this belief, which they call monstrous, and assert that it is impossible for a man of good sense ever to have believed in it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It comes out first in monstrous boulders which may weigh anything up to twenty tons. ❋ Unknown (1937)

And so monstrous is the fecundity of the beasts that the offspring of every one of them has, or at any rate claims to have, the largest circulation in the world. ❋ Unknown (1927)

In appearance they are usually described as monstrous, human-headed dogs, black, with fiery eyes and teeth, and sprinkled all over with blood. ❋ Elliott O'Donnell (1918)

This I call a monstrous assumption, for which not a particle of evidence exists. ❋ Marchant, James (1916)

Like all the poets of this late period, his verse lacks form, is rugged and pompous, moving upon the stilts of classic reminiscences, and coining monstrous new expressions for itself; but its feeling is always sincere. ❋ Alfred Biese (1893)

It's all talk and no cider, and that I call monstrous dry work. ❋ William Gilmore Simms (1838)

“Dunter,” he said, “rax me that bar from the furnace”; and uplifting Sampson, as he called the monstrous hammer, he plied the metal with a hundred strokes from right to left — now with the right hand, now with the left, now with both, with so much strength at once and dexterity, that he worked off a small but beautifully proportioned horseshoe in half the time that an ordinary smith would have taken for the same purpose, using a more manageable implement. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Dunter," he said, "rax me that bar from the furnace"; and uplifting Sampson, as he called the monstrous hammer, he plied the metal with a hundred strokes from right to left -- now with the right hand, now with the left, now with both, with so much strength at once and dexterity, that he worked off a small but beautifully proportioned horseshoe in half the time that an ordinary smith would have taken for the same purpose, using a more manageable implement. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

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