mon·strous
ˈmän(t)-strəs 
1
: having extraordinary often overwhelming size : gigantic
stuffing a monstrous sandwich down his throat—
Mike Flaherty
a monstrous skyscraper
2
a
: extraordinarily ugly or vicious : horrible
a monstrous crime
monstrous mayhem
b
: shockingly wrong or ridiculous
the legend assumed monstrous proportions—Louis Untermeyer
a monstrous miscalculation
3
: deviating greatly from the natural form or character : abnormal
a monstrous melon
4
: very great
—used as an intensive
a monstrous hammering on his door—G. D. Brown
a monstrous hangover
5
monstrously
adverb
monstrousness
noun
Synonyms
Adjective
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of monstrous in a Sentence
Adjective
It was monstrous of him to keep the truth from them all those years.
a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat
Adverb
a monstrous pretty gal, she was
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
As the teen expounds on the monstrous acts her own father committed against her, the elderly woman suggests that Rita is not blameless in the situation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
The stock has been volatile amid concerns of a slowdown following several quarters of monstrous revenue growth and lofty guidance beats.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
Perhaps Lucius should blame the emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger), monstrous twin tyrants who have sent the empire spiralling into decadence.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Zweig is characteristically perceptive on the subject: Obviously, a week after Hitler had come to power the idea of monstrous events such as the burning and public execration of books, to become fact a few months later, was still beyond the comprehension of broad-minded people.
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“Monstrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monstrous. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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