What does monster mean?
Definitions for monster
ˈmɒn stərmon·ster
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Princeton's WordNet
monsternoun
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossusnoun
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturaenoun
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogrenoun
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
monster, terasnoun
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Wiktionary
monsternoun
A terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature.
monsternoun
A bizarre or whimsical creature.
The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
monsternoun
An extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
Get away from those children, you meatheaded monster!
monsternoun
A horribly deformed person.
monsternoun
A badly behaved child, a brat.
Sit still, you little monster!
monsternoun
Something unusually large.
Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
monsternoun
A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
That dude playing guitar is a monster.
monsterverb
To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
monsterverb
To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
monsterverb
To harass.
monsteradjective
Very large; worthy of a monster.
He has a monster appetite.
Etymology: From and monstre, itself from monstrum.
Webster Dictionary
Monsternoun
something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel
Monsternoun
specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs
Monsternoun
any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty
Monsteradjective
monstrous in size
Monsterverb
to make monstrous
Etymology: [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.]
Freebase
Monster
A monster is any creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by its appearance and/or its actions. The word "monster" derives from Latin monstrum, an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order. The word usually connotes something wrong or evil; a monster is generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or a freak of nature. It can also be applied figuratively to a person with similar characteristics like a greedy person or a person who does horrible things. However, the root of 'monstrum' is 'monere'—which does not only mean to warn, but also to instruct, and forms the basis of the modern English demonstrate. Thus, the monster is also a sign or instruction. This benign interpretation was proposed by Saint Augustine, who did not see the monster as inherently evil, but as part of the natural design of the world, a kind-of deliberate category error.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Monster
mon′stėr, n. anything out of the usual course of nature: a prodigy, or fabulous animal: anything unusually large: anything horrible from ugliness or wickedness.—adj. unusually large, huge.—n. Monstros′ity, an unnatural production.—adj. Mon′strous, out of the common course of nature: enormous: wonderful: horrible.—adv. Mon′strously.—n. Mon′strousness, state or quality of being monstrous.—Gila monster, a large poisonous lizard of Arizona, &c., having tubercular scales. [Fr.,—L. monstrum, an omen, a monster—monēre, to warn.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'monster' in Nouns Frequency: #2081
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mentors, meronts, metrons
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of monster in a Sentence
He's a monster, we're very happy to get him off the streets.
I believe the majority of history remembers Candyman as a monster, the guy with the hook and the bees coming out of his mouth. But they don't remember the fact that Candyman was lynched. They don't remember how Candyman was turned into a monster.
There is something great about' go in and chase this monster into your store,' the question is will it stay compelling.
I think it's his chance to tell the world, 'I didn't intend to kill him,' if I was him, I think I would want to try and let people know that I’m not a monster.
It was insane, honestly, I just stared at the fish until it sunk in, like wow, this is a sea monster.
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- وحش, مسخArabic
- monstre, dimoni, monstruósCatalan, Valencian
- příšera, nestvůraCzech
- anghenfil, angenfilodWelsh
- uhyreDanish
- Ungeheuer, Monster-, MonsterGerman
- τέραςGreek
- monstroEsperanto
- monstruoSpanish
- munstroBasque
- هیولاPersian
- hirveä, hirviö, valtava, riiviöFinnish
- monstre, bête, monstrueuxFrench
- péist, arrachtIrish
- uile-bheistScottish Gaelic
- monstroGalician
- राक्षसHindi
- szörnyHungarian
- հրեշArmenian
- raksasaIndonesian
- monstroIdo
- ófreskjaIcelandic
- mostroItalian
- מִפלHebrew
- 怪物, 化け物, モンスターJapanese
- ದೈತ್ಯಾಕಾರದKannada
- 괴물Korean
- دێوKurdish
- monstrum, monstrum,Latin
- siaubūnas, pabaisaLithuanian
- šausmonis, briesmonisLatvian
- kaureheMāori
- monstertje, gedrocht, monstrueus, monsterachtig, monsterDutch
- monster, uhyreNorwegian
- monstre, mostreOccitan
- potwórPolish
- monstroPortuguese
- monstruRomanian
- чудовище, чудовищный, нелюдь, урод, изверг, монстрRussian
- zver, neman, čudovište, zverkaSerbo-Croatian
- príšeraSlovak
- monsterSwedish
- அசுரன்Tamil
- halimawTagalog
- canavarTurkish
- чудовиськоUkrainian
- عفریتUrdu
- פאַרזעענישYiddish
- 怪物Chinese
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