The player got a monstering from his manager.monster verbmonster1 nounmonster2 adjective
monsteringmon‧ster‧ing /ˈmɒnstərɪŋ $ ˈmɑːn-/ noun informal 
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The player got a monstering from his manager.
1[countable] if you get a monstering, someone criticizes you severely: The player got a monstering from his manager. The player got a monstering from his manager.2[uncountable] the activity of behaving in a threatening way towards someone for a period of time—monster verb [transitive]monster verbmonster1 nounmonster2 adjective
monstermon‧ster1 /ˈmɒnstə $ ˈmɑːnstər/ ●●○ noun [countable] WORD ORIGINmonster1
Origin:
1200-1300 French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘warning, monster’, from monere ‘to warn’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A monster like that should not be allowed to live!
- a sea monster
- He argued that unless these monsters were put in prison immediately, they would continue to terrorize the public.
- I hate taking the boys grocery shopping - they turn into monsters.
- Their pumpkin this year was a monster.
- But the government, in pursuit of high-minded ideals, has created a bureaucratic monster before which small business-people flee in terror.
- Fear for my family and hate for my monster were with me day and night.
- Now the Vaccines for Children program has become a new bureaucratic monster with a life of its own.
- The big monster sat down with me.
- The Giants, the fourth race of monsters, sprang up from his blood.
- These guys are only Caspers; the real monsters are still breathing on this side of the great divide.
- This includes the cost of a monster ridden by a character.
- You never were, although the slum people were complaining that a monster was preying on them.
Longman Language Activatora bad person
the bad person in a story, film, play etc, especially someone who breaks the law or who is cruel to others: · At the end of the story, the villain is caught and punished.· "Speed 2" stars Willem Dafoe as the villain who takes over a luxury cruise ship.
someone who is so violent and dangerous that people think their behaviour is impossible to understand or forgive: · A monster like that should not be allowed to live!· He argued that unless these monsters were put in prison immediately, they would continue to terrorize the public.
someone who is thought to be bad or evil, especially because his sexual behaviour is unnatural or offensive: · What are you, some kind of pervert?· She took him to court, accusing him of being a pervert who was unfit to raise a child.
spoken informal especially American someone who gets pleasure from things that most people think are upsetting, cruel, or unpleasant: · What kind of sicko would write something like that?
WORD SETSabominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There’s a monster of a spider in the bath!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1in stories an imaginary or ancient creature that is large, ugly, and frightening: There’s a monster of a spider in the bath!· The big monster lay down next to me with its fur against my skin.· The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient, reined-in horsepower.· The big monster sat down with me.· This certainly makes a big monster a less favourable option as a mount for these characters.· A Giant will have the same effect on your enemy as a big monster.· Then the big grey monster ran back through the trees, jumped at me and knocked me down.· The big grey monster sat in front of me and it looked at me.
· A group of several chariots is certainly powerful but suffers all the disadvantages of large monsters.· However, it is possible for other war engines and large monsters to inflict damage on them.· They are difficult to destroy, although a hit from another war machine or large monster may be sufficient to cause damage.· The base contains about nine Snotlings but is treated as if it were a single large monster with several wounds and attacks.· The Empire army is vulnerable to large terror-inducing monsters dropping on it from above.· Next come large enemy monsters or small powerful units such as knights.· Another wonder is the Imperial Zoo which houses large and fearsome monsters as well as curiosities and abominations from the Northern Wastes.
· But it's great fun watching these little monsters give undercover cop Arnie the run-around.· As I fell, I dropped the little monster and it escaped.
NOUN· The four pages contain a number of stories describing people's encounters with sea monsters of different kinds.· You want a real sea monster.· This is the rescue of Hesione from a sea monster.· It was an enormous sea monster.· The good creation still includes the deep with its sea monsters, theological representations of the original monster of chaos.
VERB· I stood there in the dark and the rain, and knew that I had created a monster.· Learning a lesson Resistance to vancomycin already has created a smaller monster of a bug that had been virtually harmless, enterococcus.· There, he said, many animals interbred and created monsters.· Well, Mr Nice made one exception to a rule and discovered he had created a monster.· But the government, in pursuit of high-minded ideals, has created a bureaucratic monster before which small business-people flee in terror.· Fifty years of refining training techniques and equipment and breeding for selected deformities have created a monster out of a horse.
· He's turned into a monster since Suzanna.· It was like all that ego-building which eventually turns into a monster.
the remains of a prehistoric monster the search for the Loch Ness Monster2cruel person someone who is very cruel and evil: Only a monster could kill all those women.3child a small child, especially one who is behaving badly – used humorously: I’ve got to get home and feed this little monster.4something large informal an object, animal etc that is unusually large: Did you see the fish Dad caught? It was a monster! There’s a monster of a spider in the bath!5dangerous problem a dangerous or threatening problem, especially one that develops gradually and is difficult to managemonster verbmonster1 nounmonster2 adjective
monstermonster2 adjective [only before noun] informal unusually large SYN giant: a monster cat The song was a monster hit.