Definition of Monstrous

1. Adjective. Abnormally large.

Similar to: Big, Large
Derivative terms: Monster, Monstrosity

2. Adjective. Shockingly brutal or cruel. "No excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Exact synonyms: Atrocious, Flagitious, Grievous
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Atrociousness, Atrocity, Atrocity, Monster, Monstrosity

3. Adjective. Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous. "Twisted into monstrous shapes"
Exact synonyms: Grotesque
Similar to: Ugly
Derivative terms: Grotesqueness, Monster, Monster, Monstrosity

Definition of Monstrous

1. a. Marvelous; strange.

2. adv. Exceedingly; very; very much.

Definition of Monstrous

1. Adjective. hideous or frightful ¹

2. Adjective. enormously large ¹

3. Adjective. freakish or grotesque ¹

4. Adjective. of, or relating to a mythical monster ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monstrous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monstrous

monsterless
monsterlet
monsterlike
monsterous
monsterously
monsters
monstery
monstrance
monstrances
monstration
monstre
monstres
monstrose
monstrosities
monstrosity
monstrous (current term)
monstrously
monstrousness
monstrousnesses
monstruosities
monstruosity
monstruous
mont
montadale
montadales
montage
montaged
montages
montaging
montagnard

Literary usage of Monstrous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Othello: A Tragedy in Five Acts by William Shakespeare, Tommaso Salvini, James Henry Mapleson (1876)
"... too, That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; I have't—it is engendered:—Hell and night Hust bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. ..."

2. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1801)
"V. Account of a monstrous Lamb. In a Letter from Mr. Anthony Carlisle, ... I AM much indebted to you for the privilege of inspecting the monstrous lamb sent ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... of him who rear'd 400 The monstrous, fell Chimera, plague to man. And Ajax, he of O'ileus, leapt forth, On Cleobulus, where amid the throng He stumbled ..."

4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"with the stones on the outside; and a monstrous animal, as tall as a grenadier, with the head of a rabbit, a tail as big as a bedpost, hopping along at the ..."

5. Belgium: A Personal Narrative by Brand Whitlock (1919)
"That vague, unnamed thing was fear, a monstrous, cruel, odious fear under the dominion of which men felt all the sensations that are ascribed to those who ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(25) Their monstrous herds of cattle, less remarkable indeed for their beauty than for their utility,(26) formed the principal object of their wealth. ..."

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