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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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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
/ ˈɒԲə /
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)
Other Word Forms
- Dzsٱ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of monster1
Word History and Origins
Origin of monster1
Idioms and Phrases
see green-eyed monster .Example Sentences
But there’s something in the performance that suggests more than another garden-variety monster.
Director David F. Sandberg is back in his comfort zone: a remote cabin in the woods filled with terrifying monsters.
Doncic, a monster in the first quarter of the first two games of the series, looked badly uncomfortable, starting one for six from the field.
Like so many others before her, Brontë gets to see the version of Joe she’s known was there all along when Joe’s monster emerges from within.
And that was before me — I mean, “Jump” was a pop monster.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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