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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
The 4-2 Seahawks are coming off a convincing win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, thanks to a monster game from Jaxon Smith-Njigba, catching eight passes for 162 yards and a touchdown, leaving him with the most receiving yards in the league going into Week 7.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
That’s a pretty monster performance that sets up Project Runway for a promising return to television with this Disney reboot.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Noun
No word on whether it is intended for a human or a monster.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
The 4-2 Seahawks are coming off a convincing win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, thanks to a monster game from Jaxon Smith-Njigba, catching eight passes for 162 yards and a touchdown, leaving him with the most receiving yards in the league going into Week 7.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
And then came the show’s monster success in streaming.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
That’s a pretty monster performance that sets up Project Runway for a promising return to television with this Disney reboot.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
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Directed by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, the film follows a K-pop supergroup who must balance their lives as world-famous pop stars with their secret side hustle as demon slayers.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Never mind The Bear — meet the Boss, fighting the same demons and nagging feelings of self-doubt that would cause Carmy Berzatto to stoically nod in recognition.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The outcome of the appeal will determine whether the Chicago ruling becomes a regional anomaly or a national precedent for holding federal immigration officers personally accountable to the courts.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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She's been gone for over 20 years, and so to win this for a soap opera, playing a villain, is really wonderful.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Not to mention Elm Street introduced a villain for the ages in Freddy Krueger, an instant icon played by Robert Englund, whose charisma was strong enough to shine through even the thickest makeup.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Except buying Madrid is impossible because the Spanish giants have never been for sale.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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This small-format alternative is a way for the home furnishings global giant to expand its footprint without spending on real estate.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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As the trend gathered followers in every borough, the walls of New York City became a gigantic canvas on which the collective unconscious was projected.—
Antonio Sergio Bessa,
Curbed,
20 Oct. 2025
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More recently, the trend has leaned even more surreal, even into the grotesque.—
Emily Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
18 Oct. 2025
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As the agent rambles, the cameras onstage freeze Tullock’s face at unflattering moments, and the screens behind her display a series of grotesques.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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All of the children in the trial have a rare mutation in the instructions for making a protein called otoferlin, which helps sensory cells in the cochlea communicate with the brain.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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This part of the study provided the first direct functional proof that mutations within the phage genome can permanently silence its ability to reactivate.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Each fits into typical RPG classes — with Armon being the close combat brute, Harlow the magical crowd control specialist, Rafa the agile rogue, and Vex serving as a summoner who calls on minions to do the dirty work.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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