What does monstrous mean?
Definitions for monstrous
ˈmɒn strəsmon·strous
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word monstrous.
Princeton's WordNet
monstrous(adj)
abnormally large
atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous(adj)
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"
grotesque, monstrous(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
monstrous(Adjective)
hideous or frightful
monstrous(Adjective)
enormously large
monstrous(Adjective)
freakish or grotesque
monstrous(Adjective)
of, or relating to a mythical monster
Webster Dictionary
Monstrous(adj)
marvelous; strange
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
Monstrous(adj)
having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
Monstrous(adj)
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
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
Monstrous(adj)
extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
Monstrous(adj)
abounding in monsters
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
Monstrous(adverb)
exceedingly; very; very much
Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monstrous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monstrous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of monstrous in a Sentence
Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, in his first address as the newly appointed Prime Minister.:
.... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
Its monstrous. Putin is crazy. its just making a mockery of everything.
It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage.
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.
On the very first day that the Democratic Majority held the gavel, the House of Representatives voted to intervene against Republicans' monstrous health care lawsuit to defend people with pre-existing conditions and the health care of all Americans, while The Trump administration on Monday broadens The Trump administration on Monday monstrous ambitions from destroying protections for pre-existing conditions to tearing down every last benefit and protection The Affordable Care Act provides, Democrats are fiercely defending the law of the land and protecting all Americans' health care.
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- شنيعArabic
- monstruósCatalan, Valencian
- MonstrózníCzech
- monstrøsDanish
- monströs, ungeheuerlichGerman
- τερατώδης, τεράστιος, τερατόμορφος, θηριώδηςGreek
- monstruosoSpanish
- هیولاPersian
- hirveä, suunnaton, groteski, hirvittävä, valtavaFinnish
- monstrueuxFrench
- monstruosoGalician
- राक्षसीHindi
- szHungarian
- raksasaIndonesian
- monstratraIdo
- mostruoso, enorme, gigantescoItalian
- מִפלַצתִיHebrew
- 怪物Japanese
- 거대한Korean
- Sors immanisLatin
- monsterlijkDutch
- monstrøseNorwegian
- monstruósOccitan
- potwornyPolish
- monstruosoPortuguese
- monstruos, hidos, colosal, groaznic, oribil, enorm, cumplit, atroceRomanian
- отврати́тельный, чудо́вищный, чудовищныйRussian
- monstruSwedish
- பயங்கரமானTamil
- వికృతమైనTelugu
- มหThai
- korkunçTurkish
- راکشسیUrdu
- Khổng lồVietnamese
- מאַנסטראַסYiddish
- 滔天Chinese
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