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noun a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people.
any animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character.
a person who excites horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.
any animal or thing huge in size.
Biology . an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure, as from marked malformation or the absence of certain parts or organs. a grossly anomalous fetus or infant, especially one that is not viable. anything unnatural or monstrous.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective huge; enormous; monstrous: a monster tree.
Origin of monster 1250–1300; Middle English monstre <Latin mōnstrum portent, unnatural event, monster, equivalent to mon (ēre ) to warn + -strum noun suffix
SYNONYMS FOR monster 4 fiend, brute, demon, devil, miscreant.
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OTHER WORDS FROM monster mon·ster·like, adjective Words nearby monster monsieur, Monsignor, monsoon, monsoon low, mons pubis, monster , monstera, monstering, monster truck, monstrance, monstrosity
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Example sentences from the Web for monster So you’re creating this monster centralized, centrally linked biometric data architecture.
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It was undoubtedly flashy, but from a usability standpoint, it felt like a Frankenstein’s monster of gadgets.
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The operator of Alipay, the ubiquitous digital wallet and financial “super app,” won a monster $150 billion valuation after a funding round in 2018.
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Another mathematical misfit, a prize possession for any cabinet, is simply known as the monster .
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There is a danger, I think, in assuming that anyone who does not intervene in an emergency is a monster or inherently a bad person.
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There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.
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In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook | Tim Teeman| December 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The two parties—mother and son, and monster —live in the same house, and are safe and healthy.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook | Tim Teeman| December 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I always loved monster movies because I identified with the monster and connected with it.
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I testified merely eight feet from this monster at a preliminary hearing.
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A new purchase at some monster sale for which a gull has been mulcted.
The tinker then pours a goatskin full of his infusion over the monster 's head, who falls into a deep sleep.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars | Various
The forest must have been filled with the loud yells of the monster as he fought desperately against his enemy.
Lost in the Jungle | Paul Du Chaillu
The scope focused first on a bulging, monster , antiquated freighter of a design that had not been built for a hundred years.
The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray Leinster
Here much ingenuity was shown in the management of the pseudo-supernatural business connected with the Monster .
A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
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British Dictionary definitions for monster noun an imaginary beast, such as a centaur, usually made up of various animal or human parts
a person, animal, or plant with a marked structural deformity
a cruel, wicked, or inhuman person
a very large person, animal, or thing (as modifier ) a monster cake verb (tr) Australian and NZ informal to criticize (a person or group) severely
Australian and NZ sport to use intimidating tactics against (an opponent)
Word Origin for monster C13: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum portent, from monēre to warn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with monster The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Content related to monster What Does The Name “Frankenstein” Actually Mean?Does it actually make sense to call upon the name Frankenstein when labelling anything that has been stitched together? Do we care either way?
Words related to monster giant, devil, freak, behemoth, horror, demon, beast, villain, whale, dragon, savage, mutant, titan, ogre, colossus, brute, barbarian, abnormality, mammoth, hellion
Medical definitions for monster n. An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
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