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mon·strous
 monstrous
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- pronunciation:
- man
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
so ugly that it is scary.
The monstrous creatures in that movie frightened Beth.- synonyms:
- hideous
- antonyms:
- lovely
- similar words:
- disgusting, dreadful, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, horrible, horrid, scary, ugly
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definition 2: |
horrible or shocking.
That man was put in prison for life because of his monstrous crime.- synonyms:
- frightful
- antonyms:
- admirable, good
- similar words:
- atrocious, awful, beastly, dreadful, gruesome, hideous, horrible, loathsome, outrageous, shocking, terrible, ugly
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definition 3: |
huge; unusually large.
We ate a monstrous sundae that had thirty scoops of ice cream.- synonyms:
- enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, tremendous, vast
- antonyms:
- tiny
- similar words:
- jumbo, large, mighty
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related words: |
big, brutal, great, huge, mammoth |
derivations: |
monstrously (adv.), monstrousness (n.) |
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