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monster
[ mon-ster ]
noun
- a nonhuman creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people.
- any creature grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character.
- a person who provokes or elicits horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.
- any animal or thing huge in size.
- a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Biology.
- an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure, as from marked malformation or the absence of certain parts or organs.
- a grossly anomalous fetus or infant, especially one that is not viable.
- anything unnatural or monstrous.
adjective
- huge; enormous; monstrous:
a monster tree.
monster
/ ˈmɒnstə /
noun
- an imaginary beast, such as a centaur, usually made up of various animal or human parts
- a person, animal, or plant with a marked structural deformity
- a cruel, wicked, or inhuman person
- a very large person, animal, or thing
- ( as modifier )
a monster cake
verb
- informal.to criticize (a person or group) severely
- sport to use intimidating tactics against (an opponent)
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- monster·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monster1
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Origin of monster1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.
Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
Bratton was not ready to say that Brinsley was acting as part of a group or as anything but a lone monster.
In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.
The two parties—mother and son, and monster—live in the same house, and are safe and healthy.
At last two are successful, and the monster, hardly able to breathe, stands quiet and still.
Once again, the strong, black fist was clinched in the approaching monster's face.
If the hunter venture to come close to such a monster, and his dagger fail to pierce the vital spot, there is no help for him.
The men waited till the great body of the monster became still and quiet.
None would have believed that the cowardly monster Fear was for ever feasting upon his heart.
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