monstrous

Meaning

  1. Hideous or frightful.
  2. Enormously large.
  3. Freakish or grotesque.
  4. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
  5. (obsolete) Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical.
  6. (derogatory, offensive) A severe insult that is used to describe a disabled person.

Synonyms

huge
A2
atrocious
21k
gigantic
C1
outrageous
C1

enormous

hideous
C1
terrible
A2
monster
B1
flagitious
tremendous
C1
immense
C1
horrible
B1
frightful
C2
grotesque
C2
heinous
C2
awful
B1
great
A1
strange
A2
colossal
C2
grievous
20k
fearful
C2
😨
cruel
B2
inordinate
galactic
C2
gargantuan
42k
monumental
C2
ghost
B1
👻
goblin
C2
prodigious
32k
awing
stupendous
26k
bizarre
C1
gross
B2
dreadful
C1
horrendous
C2
unnatural
C2
weird
A2
brutal
C1
wicked
B2
terrifying
C1
ugly
B1
unaccountable
uncanny
C2
unconscionable
39k
vast
B2
walloping
weirdness
24k

evil spirit

abnormal
C2

very strange

Translations

monstruoso
monstrueux
mostruoso
monstruoso

τερατώδης

monstruós
gedrochtelijk

monsterachtig

enorme
ungeheuerlich
monsterlijk
atroce
kolossaal
ingens

τεράστιος

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɑnstɹəs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
monstrous
In summary

From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus. Compare monstruous. By surface analysis, monster + -ous.

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