monstrous

1. a. Marvelous; strange. Source: opted

2. a. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. a. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. Source: opted

5. a. Abounding in monsters. Source: opted

6. adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. Source: opted

7. adj. abnormally large Source: wordnet

8. adj. shockingly brutal or cruel Source: wordnet

9. adj. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous Source: wordnet

10. 1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.] 2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love ... is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. 3. 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. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. 5. Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the top." Bacon. And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. Source: webster

11. Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on thetop." Bacon.And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. Source: adambom

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