MONSTROUS
\mˈɒnstɹəs], \mˈɒnstɹəs], \m_ˈɒ_n_s_t_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of MONSTROUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
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abnormally large
By Princeton University
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shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
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abnormally large
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Marvelous; strange.
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Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
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Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
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Abounding in monsters.
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Exceedingly; very; very much.
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Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; - said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
By Oddity Software
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Marvelous; strange.
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Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
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Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
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Abounding in monsters.
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Exceedingly; very; very much.
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Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; - said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald