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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•ster /ˈmɑnstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Pathologyany animal or human that is different from a normal shape or character;
any creature ugly enough to frighten people:monsters of myth and legend. - one who causes horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.:Those monsters slaughter innocent people!
- any animal or thing huge in size.
adj. [before a noun] - huge;
enormous;
gigantic;
monstrous:monster truck races.
See -mon-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•ster (mon′stər),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologya 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.
- Pathologyany 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, esp. one that is not viable.
- anything unnatural or monstrous.
adj. - huge;
enormous;
monstrous:a monster tree.
- Latin mōnstrum portent, unnatural event, monster, equivalent. to mon(ēre) to warn + -strum noun, nominal suffix
- Middle English monstre 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fiend, brute, demon, devil, miscreant.
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