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 Definitions of monster  [ˈmɒn stər]  

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Definition of 'monster' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) monster
any animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character.

2.  monster
a person who excites horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.

3.  monster
any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people.

4.  monster
any animal or thing huge in size.

5.  monster
a legendary creature having a body with both human and animal features, or the features of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.

6.  monster
a markedly malformed animal or plant.

7.  monster
a grossly anomalous fetus or infant, esp. one that is not viable.

8. (adj.) monster
huge; monstrous.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME monstre < L mōnstrum portent, monster =mon(ēre) to warn +-strum n. suffix)

Definition of 'monster' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) monster
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

2. (noun) giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

3. (noun) freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

4. (noun) monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
a cruel wicked and inhuman person

5. (noun) monster, teras
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus


Definition of 'monster' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) monster
an imaginary ugly, frightening creature
stories of scary monsters

2.  monster
a very cruel person
She realized she was married to a monster.

3.  monster
an extremely large thing
The storm was a monster.

4. (adjective) monster
extremely big
a monster machine


Definition of 'monster' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) monster
monstrous in size

2. (noun) monster
something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel

3. (noun) monster
specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs

4. (noun) monster
any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty

5. (verb) monster
to make monstrous


Translation of 'monster' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (
a monster tomato.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: reusagtig Arabic flag Arabic: ضَخْم جِداً Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: огромен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: monstro Czech flag Czech: zrůda German flag German: Riesen-...
Danish flag Danish: kæmpe; kæmpe- Greek flag Greek: τέρας, που έχει τεράστιες Spanish flag Spanish: monstruo
Estonian flag Estonian: koletu suur Farsi flag Farsi: عظيم الجثه Finnish flag Finnish: jättiläis-
French flag French: monstre Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִפלֶצֶת Hindi flag Hindi: विरूप प्राणी
Croatian flag Croatian: grdosija Hungarian flag Hungarian: óriás(i); szörny(eteg) Indonesian flag Indonesian: raksasa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vanskapningur Italian flag Italian: mostro Japanese flag Japanese: 奇形の
Korean flag Korean: 괴상한 것 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: monstras, didžiulis Latvian flag Latvian: milzenis
Malay flag Malay: sangat besar Dutch flag Dutch: monster Norwegian flag Norwegian: monster, uhyre; kjempe-(m
Polish flag Polish: monstrum, monstrualny Persian flag Persian: عظيم الجثه Pashto flag Pashto: لوى جثه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: monstro Romanian flag Romanian: monstru, uriaş Russian flag Russian: громадина; урод
Slovak flag Slovak: obor; kolos Slovenian flag Slovenian: velikanski Serbian flag Serbian: ogroman
Swedish flag Swedish: monster; jätte- Thai flag Thai: ใหญ่โตมาก Turkish flag Turkish: anormal (bitki)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 異常大的東西 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: страхіття Urdu flag Urdu: عجیب الخلقت جانور یا پودا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quái vật Chinese flag Chinese: 异常大的东西

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