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1. (adj.) monstrous
frightful, esp. in appearance; extremely ugly.
2. monstrous
shocking or revolting; outrageous:
monstrous cruelty.
3. monstrous
extraordinarily great; immense:
a monstrous building.
4. monstrous
having the nature or appearance of a fabulous monster.
5. (adv.) monstrous
Chiefly Dial. extremely; very.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L mōnstrōsus. See monster , -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) monstrous
abnormally large
2. (adj) atrocious, flagitious, grievous, 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"
3. (adj) grotesque, 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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) monstrous
marvelous; strange
2. (adj) monstrous
having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth
3. (adj) monstrous
extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story
4. (adj) monstrous
extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful
5. (adj) monstrous
abounding in monsters
6. (adverb) monstrous
exceedingly; very; very much
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Sense: huge and often unpleasant.
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 Afrikaans: reusagtig |
 Arabic: هائِل |
 Bulgarian: огромен |
 Brazilian: monstruoso |
 Czech: monstrózní |
 German: ungeheuer |
 Danish: uhyrlig; afskyelig |
 Greek: τερατώδης |
 Spanish: enorme, gigantesco |
 Estonian: koletislik |
 Farsi: بزرگ |
 Finnish: valtava |
 French: monstrueux, colossal |
 Hebrew: מִפלַצתִי |
 Hindi: अप्राकृतिक |
 Croatian: golem |
 Hungarian: éktelen nagy |
 Indonesian: besar sekali |
 Icelandic: vanskapaður; risastór |
 Italian: mostruoso, enorme |
 Japanese: 奇怪な |
 Korean: 기괴한 |
 Lithuanian: baisingas, gigantiškas |
 Latvian: milzīgs; briesmīgs |
 Malay: besar sekali |
 Dutch: monsterlijk |
 Norwegian: kolossal, uhyrlig |
 Polish: potworny |
 Persian: بزرگ |
 Pashto: غټ،لوى |
 Romanian: monstruos, gigantic |
 Russian: исполинский; безобразный |
 Slovak: monštruózny |
 Slovenian: pošasten |
 Serbian: čudovišan |
 Swedish: vidunderlig, monstruös |
 Thai: มหึมา |
 Turkish: canavar gibi |
 Taiwanese: 巨大且醜陋的，巨大且可怕的 |
 Ukrainian: величезний |
 Urdu: بڑا اور بے ہنگم |
 Vietnamese: kỳ quái |
 Chinese: 怪异的，巨大的 |
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