monstrous

[ mon-struhs ]

/ ˈmɒn strəs /

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adjective

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.

adverb

extremely; exceedingly; very.

Words nearby monstrous

monster truck, monstera, monstering, monstrance, monstrosity, monstrous, mont blanc, mont cenis, mont cervin, mont-de-marsan, mont-de-piété

Origin of monstrous

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word mōnstrōsus. See monster, -ous

SYNONYMS FOR monstrous

1, 2 horrible, atrocious.

3 See gigantic.

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OTHER WORDS FROM monstrous

mon·strous·ly, adverbmon·strous·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for monstrously

The back story here is that reporting on the details of competing budget proposals is monstrously boring.
The Gov't's Shutdown Sham|Howard Kurtz|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. McAdam writes me that she received your letter, and really begins to imagine herself a 'monstrously agreeable woman.'
Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr.|Edward B. Hall
The dinner was good, as usual; in Elizabeth's eyes, monstrously good.
Lady Merton, Colonist|Mrs. Humphry Ward
It was one of those hard daubs that are nevertheless so monstrously like the originals.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866|Various

I was so monstrously fatigued, I could hardly get through the last dance.
Cecilia, Volume 1 (of 3)|Frances Burney
From all this old clothes-shop his olive face stood out strangely young and monstrously sincere.
The Innocence of Father Brown|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for monstrously

monstrous

/ (ˈmɒnstrəs) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of monstrous

monstrously, adverbmonstrousness, noun

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monstrous

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