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Webster 1913 Edition
Monstrous
Mon′strous
(mŏn′strŭs)
, Adj.
1.
Marvelous; strange.
[Obs.]
2.
Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal;
as, a
. monstrous
birthLocke.
He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and
monstrous
in his affections. Jer. Taylor.
3.
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.4.
Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
So bad a death argues a
monstrous
life. Shakespeare
5.
Abounding in monsters.
[R.]
Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the
Visitest the bottom of the
monstrous
world. Milton.
Mon′strous
,adv.
Exceedingly; very; very much.
“A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon.
And will be
monstrous
witty on the poor. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monstrous
MON'STROUS
,Adj.
1.
Strange; very wonderful; generally expressive of dislike.2.
Enormous; huge; extraordinary; as a monstrous highth; a monstrous tree or mountain.3.
Shocking to the sight or other senses; hateful.MON'STROUS
,adv.
And will be monstrous witty on the poor.
[This use is colloquial and vulgar.]
Definition 2024
monstrous
monstrous
English
Adjective
monstrous (comparative more monstrous, superlative most monstrous)
- Hideous or frightful.
- Shakespeare
- So bad a death argues a monstrous life.
- Shakespeare
- Enormously large.
- a monstrous height
- a monstrous ox
- Freakish or grotesque.
- John Locke
- a monstrous birth
- Jeremy Taylor
- He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love […] is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.
- John Locke
- Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
- Milton
- Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide / Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
- Milton
- (obsolete) Marvellous; strange.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
Translations
hideous or frightful
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enormously large
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freakish or grotesque
of, or relating to a mythical monster
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