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monstrous |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monstrous \Mon"strous\, a. [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux fr L. monstruosus, fr monstrum See {Monster}.] 1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.] 2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as a monstrous birth. --Locke. 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. --Shak. 5. Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monstrous \Mon"strous\, adv Exceedingly; very very much ``A monstrous thick oil on the top.'' --Bacon. And will be monstrous witty on the poor. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monstrous adj 1: abnormally large 2: 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" [syn: {atrocious}, {flagitious}, {grievous}, {heinous}] 3: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" [syn: {grotesque}, {unnatural}]
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