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US
/ˈmɑnstɹəs/
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[ UK /mˈɒnstɹəs/ ]
[ UK /mˈɒnstɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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shockingly brutal or cruel
a grievous crime
a grievous offense against morality
no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
murder is an atrocious crime - abnormally large
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distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
twisted into monstrous shapes
tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
How To Use monstrous In A Sentence
- The pilot process is a monstrous waste of time and money, stunningly inefficient an you say "amortize" kids? Re-Arranging the Deck Chairs
- It's a striking image of traumatic birth from a monstrous, disembodied womb. Times, Sunday Times
- As a monstrous assassin closes in and forces them to run, Jessa will have to find another way to discover if Matthias is her greatest ally — or her deadliest enemy. 2009 September « Items of Interest
- And that in itself becomes the great terrible mystery of the film - the monstrous enigma that propels the townspeople towards some inexplicable, and therefore, inextricable, oblivion.
- Rome created the word that denotes this marvellous and monstrous phenomenon, of history, the enormous city, the deceitful source of life and death -- _urbs_ -- _the city_. Characters and events of Roman History
- The killer committed monstrous acts.
- It was laden with two bowls of steaming chilli, a monstrous plate of salad, and several side dishes of onion, cheese, sour cream, and cubed bread.
- Materialization of both wish and phantasy is monstrous to Victor, because his egoic coherence depends on denying the death-drive that he sublimes as life — especially the life of science, invention, and creativity. Attached to Reading: Mary Shelley's Psychical Reality
- With the one exception of its monstrous size, there were the characteristics in plain view; -- the convex body, the large head, the projecting clypeus. The Beetle
- The harpy, whose name was derived from the Greek word arpazo, ‘to seize’, was a monstrous female demon of insatiable hunger, known as temptress, seductress and tormenter of victims.