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Definition of monstrous
2 : having extraordinary often overwhelming size : gigantic stuffing a monstrous sandwich down his throat — Mike Flaherty a monstrous skyscraper
3a : having the qualities or appearance of a monster came face to face with a monstrous creature — Lester Davidb obsolete : teeming with monsters
4a : extraordinarily ugly or vicious : horrible a monstrous crime monstrous mayhemb : shockingly wrong or ridiculous the legend assumed monstrous proportions — Louis Untermeyer a monstrous miscalculation
5 : deviating greatly from the natural form or character : abnormal a monstrous melon
6 : very great —used as an intensive a monstrous hammering on his door — G. D. Brown a monstrous hangover
monstrously
adverbmonstrousness
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Examples of monstrous in a Sentence
It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years.
a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat
Recent Examples of monstrous from the Web
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There are the classic works monstrous and divine like Moby Dick or Wuthering Heights or Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus.
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BNP PARIBAS, France’s biggest bank, pleaded guilty in America three years ago to assisting a monstrous regime in east Africa.
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In addition to the monstrous three-day conference scheduled from Oct. 4 to Oct. 6, on the following day, A-Trak will celebrate his 10th annual Fool's Gold DAY OFF Atlanta-style.
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With its competitors from BMW (the M4) and Mercedes-AMG (the C63) growing more monstrous and hard-riding by the day, the RS5 is unquestionably the most livable of the bunch.
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Dobson landed a monstrous right hand in the middle of the third round that not only staggered Nichols but sent the crowd into a frenzy.
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This show, also at the Idaho Center, has monstrous sellout potential.
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Constructed in front of the stone ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City, that caveman-evocative set provides a suitably primitive stomping ground for the monstrous Caliban.
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These are the kinds of monstrous decisions being made here.
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First Known Use of monstrous
15th century
Synonym Discussion of monstrous
Examples of monstrous in a Sentence
a monstrous pretty gal, she was
Origin and Etymology of monstrous
see 1monstrous
MONSTROUS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of monstrous for English Language Learners
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: extremely or unusually large
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: very wrong or unfair
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: very ugly, cruel, or vicious
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