Monstrous - English meaning

adjective

Inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.

Usage examples:

Racism was abhorrent to us all

adjective

Causing moral revulsion.

Usage examples:

The uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty

adjective

Unequivocally detestable

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

The abominable working conditions made many workers sick.

adjective

Causing shock or dismay; horrific.

Usage examples:

The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack

verb

Greatly dismay or horrify.

Usage examples:

Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers

adjective

Horrifyingly wicked.

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Atrocious cruelties

adjective

Extremely large or great.

Usage examples:

A colossal amount of mail

adjective

Shockingly unacceptable.

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A disgraceful waste of money

adjective

Very bad

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Disgraceful behaviour/conduct, a disgraceful situation, she thought that their attitude was absolut…

adjective

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.

Usage examples:

He had the most disgusting rotten teeth

verb

Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval.

Usage examples:

They were disgusted by the violence

Highly offensive

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward.

Usage examples:

There was an elephantine thud from the bathroom

adjective

Very large in size, quantity, or extent.

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Enormous sums of money

adjective

Extremely large or great

Usage examples:

He ate an enormous helping of pasta., the wealthy will get enormous tax cuts under the proposal.

noun

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.

Usage examples:

Happily did he write epics according to ancient rule; no one was impressed.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.

Usage examples:

Our national epic poem beowulf

noun

A book or movie that is long and contains a lot of action, usually about a subject from the past

Usage examples:

The iliad is the most famous greek epic., an epic struggle to achieve equality for african americans

adjective

Profoundly immoral and wicked.

Usage examples:

His evil deeds

noun

Profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

Usage examples:

His struggle against the forces of evil

noun

The condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type

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[ u ] a contest between good and evil, an evil ruler

adjective

Frightening, especially in appearance.

Usage examples:

The cat mewed, displaying a fearsome set of teeth

adjective

Frightening

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A fearsome reputation, a fearsome display of violence

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

Usage examples:

A frightening experience

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Making you feel fear

Usage examples:

A frightening situation, my car insurance payments are frightening., his heart rate changed frighte…

adjective

Causing great horror or fear.

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One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed

adjective

Frightening and shocking

Usage examples:

It was a ghastly crime.

noun

An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.

Usage examples:

Along the north-west coast of britain, megalithic sites were commonly associated with mythical gian…

adjective

Of very great size or force; gigantic.

Usage examples:

Giant multinational corporations

noun

A person, either real or imaginary, who is extremely large and strong, or a very large or powerful organization

Usage examples:

He was a giant of a man, over six and a half feet tall., the merger makes them a giant in the publi…

adjective

Of very great size or extent; huge or enormous.

Usage examples:

A gigantic concrete tower

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

A gigantic shopping center

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

Usage examples:

The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Another term for literae humaniores.

adjective

Causing horror or disgust.

Usage examples:

The town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes

adjective

Extremely unpleasant or disgusting, and usually causing fear

Usage examples:

There were grisly pictures of an automobile accident on the evening news.

adjective

Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

Usage examples:

A figure wearing a grotesque mask

noun

A very ugly or comically distorted figure or image.

Usage examples:

The rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques

adjective

Strange and often frightening in appearance or character

Usage examples:

Some deep-sea creatures look really grotesque., his face was grotesquely scarred.

adjective

Causing repulsion or horror; grisly.

Usage examples:

The most gruesome murder

adjective

Extremely unpleasant and shocking

Usage examples:

The movie was pretty gruesome.

adjective

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

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A battery of heinous crimes

adjective

(esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil

Usage examples:

Heinous murders

adjective

Extremely ugly.

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Hideous lizard-like creatures

adjective

Offensive, extremely ugly, or shocking

Usage examples:

The bathroom was pink and green and silver – it was absolutely hideous.

adjective

Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible.

Usage examples:

She suffered horrendous injuries

adjective

So bad as to be shocking; extremely unpleasant

Usage examples:

Exhibits show how horrendous the living conditions there were.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.

Usage examples:

A horrible massacre

adjective

Very bad, unpleasant, or disgusting

Usage examples:

There was a horrible smell outside the factory.

adjective

Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

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The teachers at school were horrid

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

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It was a horrid purple color which she detested.

adjective

Causing horror.

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Horrific injuries

adjective

So bad as to be shocking

Usage examples:

The report detailed the horrific conditions in the prison.

adjective

Causing horror; extremely shocking.

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A horrifying incident

verb

Fill with horror; shock greatly.

Usage examples:

They were horrified by the very idea

adjective

Very shocking

Usage examples:

Horrifying injuries/conditions/news

adjective

Extremely large; enormous.

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A huge area

adjective

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Usage examples:

The cost of restoration has been immense

adjective

Extremely large; great in size or degree

Usage examples:

He inherited an immense fortune., did you see that guy? he was immense!, country music is immensely…

adjective

Larger than the ordinary size

Usage examples:

Manufacturers often make more profit on king-size versions of their products., a king-size bed

adjective

Larger than the ordinary size, and usually the largest size available

Usage examples:

A king-size bed

adjective

Causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.

Usage examples:

This loathsome little swine

adjective

Extremely unpleasant

Usage examples:

He's a loathsome man., i found their behaviour loathsome and offensive., i hope the judge hands dow…

noun

A large extinct elephant of the pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

Usage examples:

Woolly mammoths, which are now extinct, lived from the pleistocene to the early holocene period fro…

adjective

Huge.

Usage examples:

A mammoth corporation

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

Building the dam was a mammoth construction project.

adjective

Large and heavy or solid.

Usage examples:

A massive rampart of stone

noun

A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music.

Usage examples:

The bristol massive

adjective

Very large in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

A massive building, he took massive doses of vitamin c., she died of a massive heart attack.

adjective

Possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially because of size.

Usage examples:

Three mighty industrial countries

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

My ears got cold mighty fast

adjective

Very large, powerful, or important

Usage examples:

In the next game they will face the mighty patriots., the mighty river po, they offered to raise sa…

adjective

Great in importance, extent, or size.

Usage examples:

It's been a monumental effort

adjective

Very big or very great

Usage examples:

Rebuilding the bridge proved to be a monumental job.

adjective

(of a region) having many mountains.

Usage examples:

In general, mountainous regions with their steep slopes and deep valleys are eroded fastest.

adjective

Having many mountains

Usage examples:

Mountainous terrain

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

Of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

A nightmarish vision of the future

adjective

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

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A pretty odious character

adjective

Extremely unpleasant; causing and deserving hate

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An odious person/task

adjective

Shockingly bad or excessive.

Usage examples:

An outrageous act of bribery

adjective

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Usage examples:

The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel

adjective

Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

Usage examples:

Americans are the world’s most prodigious consumers., a prodigiously gifted artist

adjective

Able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance.

Usage examples:

Water-repellent nylon

noun

A substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling.

Usage examples:

A flea repellent

noun

A substance used to repel something

Usage examples:

Insect/mosquito repellent, repellent behaviour/beliefs, i find any cruelty to children utterly repe…

adjective

Arousing intense distaste or disgust.

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A repulsive smell

adjective

Causing intense disgust; disgusting.

Usage examples:

There was a revolting smell that lingered in the air

verb

Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

Usage examples:

The iceni revolted and had to be suppressed

adjective

Disgusting

Usage examples:

I’ve never eaten such revolting food!

adjective

Causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.

Usage examples:

A series of scandalous liaisons

adjective

Causing indignation or disgust; offensive.

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Shocking behaviour

verb

Cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

Usage examples:

She was shocked at the state of his injuries

verb

Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Usage examples:

The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

adjective

Extremely impressive.

Usage examples:

The most stupendous views

adjective

Very great in amount or size

Usage examples:

He ran up stupendous debts.

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

A terrible crime

adjective

Causing extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The terrifying events of the past few weeks

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

adjective

Very frightening

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A terrifying experience/ordeal

adjective

Of exceptional strength, size, or power.

Usage examples:

A series of titanic explosions

adjective

Of titanium with a valency of four; of titanium(iv).

Usage examples:

It has been permitted to form a joint venture for the manufacture of synthetic rutyl and titanic di…

proper noun

A british passenger liner, the largest ship in the world when she was built and supposedly unsinkable, that struck an iceberg in the north atlantic on her maiden voyage in april 1912 and sank with the loss of 1,490 lives.

adjective

Extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings.

Usage examples:

Hari looked up at the towering buildings

verb

Rise to or reach a great height.

Usage examples:

He seemed to tower over everyone else

adjective

Very high or very great

Usage examples:

Fielder hit a towering home run., bresson’s towering masterpiece explores the nature of freedom.

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

adjective

Unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance.

Usage examples:

People in school always told me i was ugly

adjective

Of very great extent or quantity; immense.

Usage examples:

A vast plain full of orchards

noun

An immense space.

Usage examples:

And up from the vast a murmuring passed as from a wood of pines.

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

Usage examples:

He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

Usage examples:

This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

adjective

Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.

Usage examples:

A villainous plot

adjective

A villainous person or an action is evil

Usage examples:

A villainous dictator

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Usage examples:

Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

Usage examples:

He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…