Definitions for monstrous
ˈmɒn strəsmon·strous

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. monstrousadjective

   abnormally large

2. atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousadjective

   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. grotesque, monstrousadjective

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. monstrousadjective

   hideous or frightful

2. monstrousadjective

   enormously large

3. monstrousadjective

   freakish or grotesque

4. monstrousadjective

   of, or relating to a mythical monster

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Monstrousadjective

   Etymology: monstrueux, Fr. monstrosus, Latin.

   1. Deviating from the stated order of nature.

   Every thing that exists has its particular constitution; and yet some monstrous productions have few of those qualities which accompany the essence of that species from whence they derive their originals. John Locke.

   2. Strange; wonderful. Generally with some degree of dislike.

   Is it not monstrous that this player here
   But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
   Could force his soul so to his conceit,
   That, from her working, all his visage wan’d. William Shakespeare.

   O monstrous! but one halfpenny worth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack. William Shakespeare.

   3. Irregular; enormous.

   No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear,
   The whole at once is bold and regular. Alexander Pope.

   4. Shocking; hateful.

   This was an invention given out by the Spaniards, to save the monstrous scorn their nation received. Francis Bacon.

2. Monstrousadverb

   Exceedingly; very much. A cant term.

   Oil of vitriol and petroleum, a dram of each, turn into a mouldy substance, there residing a fair cloud in the bottom, and a monstrous thick oil on the top. Francis Bacon.

   She was easily put off the hooks, and monstrous hard to be pleased again. Roger L'Estrange.

   Add, that the rich have still a gibe in store,
   And will be monstrous witty on the poor. John Dryden, Juv.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Monstrousadjective

   marvelous; strange

2. Monstrousadjective

   having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth

3. Monstrousadjective

   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. Monstrousadjective

   extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful

5. Monstrousadjective

   abounding in monsters

6. Monstrousadverb

   exceedingly; very; very much

7. Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]

CrunchBase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Monstrous

   Monstrous is a 2009 Founder Institute graduate that recently released its first game, Entranced for the iPhone.

How to pronounce monstrous?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say monstrous in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of monstrous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of monstrous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of monstrous in a Sentence

1. Andrea Dworkin:

   The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   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.

3. Rose McGowan:

   She, none of us, should endure what she endured. If they're doing it to her, what are they doing to constituents? What is he going to do to what he considers the little people? It's monstrous.

4. Graham Greene:

   A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

5. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   Human trafficking is a monstrous and devastating crime that steals lives and degrades our nation, as a result of the FBI's outstanding coordination and exemplary efforts alongside state and local partners during Operation Cross Country, more children will sleep safely tonight, and more wrongdoers will face the judgment of our criminal justice system.

Popularity rank by frequency of use