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monstrous
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As an adjective, monstrous means hideous or frightful.
Meanings of monstrous
7 meaningsadjective
Hideous or frightful.
Enormously large.
“a monstrous height”
Freakish or grotesque.
Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
Shockingly brutal or cruel
“murder is an atrocious crime”
“a grievous offense against morality”
“a grievous crime”
Similar: atrocious, flagitious, grievousDistorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
“tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas”
“twisted into monstrous shapes”
Similar: grotesque
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteMarvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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adjective: shockingly brutal or cruel
adjective: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hi…
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