Thesaurus: monstrous

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1. a. Marvelous; strange.
2. a. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
3. a. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
4. a. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
5. a. Abounding in monsters.
6. adv. Exceedingly; very; very much.
7. adj. abnormally large
8. adj. shockingly brutal or cruel
9. adj. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
10. Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on thetop." Bacon.And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden.