mon·strous
ˈmän(t)-strəs 
1
: having extraordinary often overwhelming size : gigantic
stuffing a monstrous sandwich down his throat—
Mike Flaherty
Mike Flahertya monstrous skyscraper
2
a
: extraordinarily ugly or vicious : horrible
a monstrous crime
monstrous mayhem
b
: shockingly wrong or ridiculous
the legend assumed monstrous proportions—Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyera monstrous miscalculation
3
: deviating greatly from the natural form or character : abnormal
a monstrous melon
4
: very great
—used as an intensive
a monstrous hammering on his door—G. D. Brown
G. D. Browna monstrous hangover
5
monstrously
adverb
monstrousness
noun
Synonyms
Adjective
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of monstrous in a Sentence
Adjective
It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years.
a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat
Adverb
a monstrous pretty gal, she was
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The Hangman was the illusion of a monster, created by a monster to absorb the fallout of his monstrous deeds.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
An unusual picture of the banality of abusive behaviour challenging ideas of rapists as rare and slightly monstrous exceptions.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Stephen In case Stephen’s bone-crushing heel-turn last week wasn’t clear enough, his monstrous behavior continues in Episode 6.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Gila Monster The gila monster does look, indeed, monstrous.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The Hangman was the illusion of a monster, created by a monster to absorb the fallout of his monstrous deeds.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
An unusual picture of the banality of abusive behaviour challenging ideas of rapists as rare and slightly monstrous exceptions.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Stephen In case Stephen’s bone-crushing heel-turn last week wasn’t clear enough, his monstrous behavior continues in Episode 6.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for monstrous
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“Monstrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monstrous. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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