| 单词 | monstrous |
| 释义 | monstrous (once / 418 pages) adj Monstrous is an adjective that describes something gross or shocking. It can refer to the size, shape, or general look of something. If your face or body is monstrous, it's misshapen and horrifying to look at. The word monstrous describes something that you'd like to avoid looking at, if at all possible. The word comes from the Latin monstruosus, which means "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous." When discussing size, monstrous means that something or someone is so huge it's frightening. Monstrous can also describe someone or something that's extremely cruel or brutal, like a monstrous dictator or monstrous lies. WORD FAMILYmonstrous: monstrosity, monstrousest, monstrously+/monster: monsters, monstrous/monstrosity: monstrosities USAGE EXAMPLESBut the creator’s next monstrous muse is something a little more common, the troll. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) The divas and cavaliers of this all-male troupe are — as they present themselves to us in performance — fabulously stupid, artificial, hammy, clichéd, superficial, dated, monstrous. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Roof’s crime is so monstrous that it may rankle to put him on the same continuum as Trump. Slate(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous twisted into monstrous shapes Syn grotesque ugly displeasing to the senses 2adj abnormally large Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent 3adj shockingly brutal or cruel no excess was too monstrous for them to commit Syn atrocious, flagitious, grievous evil morally bad or wrong |
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