monstrous
- frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- shocking or revolting; outrageous: monstrous cruelty.
- extraordinarily great; huge; immense: a monstrous building.
- deviating grotesquely from the natural or normal form or type.
- having the nature or appearance of a fabulous monster.
- extremely; exceedingly; very.
Origin of monstrous
Synonyms for monstrous
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Contemporary Examples of monstrously
The back story here is that reporting on the details of competing budget proposals is monstrously boring.
Historical Examples of monstrously
Amy, has it never struck you that somebody is monstrously polite to Mrs General?'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Monstrously I was desired to drink to the happiness of the groom.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
It planted itself in the centre of the nave and grew there monstrously.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
He had intended to honour her and she had monstrously dishonoured him.
Kept in the DarkAnthony Trollope
Well, you did it well--monstrously well, I will say--for you never flinched an eyelash.
The Young Franc TireursG. A. Henty
monstrous
- abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc
- (of plants and animals) abnormal in structure
- outrageous, atrocious, or shockingit is monstrous how badly he is treated
- hugea monstrous fire
- of, relating to, or resembling a monster
Word Origin and History for monstrously
monstrous
mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from Middle French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus "strange, unnatural, monstrous," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c.1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s. Earlier form monstruous (late 14c., from Old French monstruous) was "very common in the 16th c." [OED].