Monstrous
adjective
Something very large and often scary or unpleasant.
There was a monstrous storm last night.
Often appears as...
- monstrous storm
- monstrous creature
adjective
Very cruel, evil or unkind.
The monstrous dictator oppressed his people for decades.
Often appears as...
- monstrous dictator
- monstrous acts
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Disapproving
adjective
Not normal or natural and shocking in appearance.
Her injury resulted in a monstrous deformation of her arm.
Often appears as...
- monstrous appearance
- monstrous deformity
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Disapproving
Medical
adjective
Very unreasonable or unfair.
The price they asked for the property was monstrous.
Often appears as...
- monstrous price
- monstrous demand
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Disapproving
adjective
Something very large and often scary or unpleasant.
There was a monstrous storm last night.
Often appears as...
- monstrous storm
- monstrous creature
adjective
Very cruel, evil or unkind.
The monstrous dictator oppressed his people for decades.
Often appears as...
- monstrous dictator
- monstrous acts
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not normal or natural and shocking in appearance.
Her injury resulted in a monstrous deformation of her arm.
Often appears as...
- monstrous appearance
- monstrous deformity
Usage tips
Disapproving
Medical
adjective
Very unreasonable or unfair.
The price they asked for the property was monstrous.
Often appears as...
- monstrous price
- monstrous demand
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Usage
Use 'monstrous' to emphasize size, often more figurative than literal, suggesting something is excessive or overwhelming.
She had a monstrous amount of homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monstrous' often implies a negative quality, something undesirable or frightening, rather than just large.
A monstrous building blocked our view.
Pro Tip 3/3Impact Highlight
Use it to stress the impact or effect of something large, especially in a negative context.
He faced a monstrous debt after college.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Usage
Use 'monstrous' to emphasize size, often more figurative than literal, suggesting something is excessive or overwhelming.
She had a monstrous amount of homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monstrous' often implies a negative quality, something undesirable or frightening, rather than just large.
A monstrous building blocked our view.
Pro Tip 3/3Impact Highlight
Use it to stress the impact or effect of something large, especially in a negative context.
He faced a monstrous debt after college.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Usage
Use 'monstrous' to emphasize size, often more figurative than literal, suggesting something is excessive or overwhelming.
She had a monstrous amount of homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monstrous' often implies a negative quality, something undesirable or frightening, rather than just large.
A monstrous building blocked our view.
Pro Tip 3/3Impact Highlight
Use it to stress the impact or effect of something large, especially in a negative context.
He faced a monstrous debt after college.
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Invasion of the...
live out of water for up to three days on land snakehead use a primitive lung above their gills they have these air chambers just up underneath the the skull so they'll rise to the surface go bear that air is forced up into those air chambers which act in many respects like a lung to complete this monstrous
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The surprising thing I...
within that depression. The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and our heartbeat, the monstrous seas around us were transformed into the most beautiful moonlit mountains. It's hard to explain, but you enter a different mode when you head out there. Your boat is your entire world,
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
four limbs with foot long claws that in life would have been about 16 inches it has been most powerful hands and four limbs of anything that ever walked on land on two legs closest thing maybe a a giant ground sloth this thing was monstrous and it probably used its for
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Sloths! The strange life...
They become one with the trees. And we think that their movements are so slow, they slip under the radar of the monstrous harpy as it's flying about the canopy, scanning for action. Sloths are stealth ninjas, and they rarely leave the safety of the canopy --
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Portugese Manowar PIPE...
and keen reflexes that quickly swim out of the way of those stingers other fish are attracted to its seemingly protected position only to get zapped by the Man O'War now here's the gushy part the digestive organs enter the monstrous
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The Egyptian Book of the...
Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings, it'll be devoured by the monstrous Ammit, part crocodile, part leopard, part hippopotamus,
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The myth of Hercules: 12...
and earned a place in the divine pantheon. But his victory held an even deeper importance. In overcoming the chaotic and monstrous forces of the world, the hero swept away what remained of the Titans’ primordial order,
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To save the climate, we...
and unchecked climate change could kill millions more. How did we get here? There are many reasons, of course, but one of the most important is that we let capitalism morph into something monstrous.
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Fighting injustice with...
suffered bone muscle and tooth damage today we say that this is torture dressed up as therapy it was performed by a monstrous regime but allowed by an
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The Fish That Hunts...
a monstrous wells catfish introduced here just 40 years ago they have proliferated virtually exterminated the local fish stocks
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Invasion of the...
live out of water for up to three days on land snakehead use a primitive lung above their gills they have these air chambers just up underneath the the skull so they'll rise to the surface go bear that air is forced up into those air chambers which act in many respects like a lung to complete this monstrous
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
within that depression. The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and our heartbeat, the monstrous seas around us were transformed into the most beautiful moonlit mountains. It's hard to explain, but you enter a different mode when you head out there. Your boat is your entire world,
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
four limbs with foot long claws that in life would have been about 16 inches it has been most powerful hands and four limbs of anything that ever walked on land on two legs closest thing maybe a a giant ground sloth this thing was monstrous and it probably used its for
Video examples
Sloths! The strange life...
They become one with the trees. And we think that their movements are so slow, they slip under the radar of the monstrous harpy as it's flying about the canopy, scanning for action. Sloths are stealth ninjas, and they rarely leave the safety of the canopy --
Video examples
Portugese Manowar PIPE...
and keen reflexes that quickly swim out of the way of those stingers other fish are attracted to its seemingly protected position only to get zapped by the Man O'War now here's the gushy part the digestive organs enter the monstrous
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings, it'll be devoured by the monstrous Ammit, part crocodile, part leopard, part hippopotamus,
Video examples
The myth of Hercules: 12...
and earned a place in the divine pantheon. But his victory held an even deeper importance. In overcoming the chaotic and monstrous forces of the world, the hero swept away what remained of the Titans’ primordial order,
Video examples
To save the climate, we...
and unchecked climate change could kill millions more. How did we get here? There are many reasons, of course, but one of the most important is that we let capitalism morph into something monstrous.
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
suffered bone muscle and tooth damage today we say that this is torture dressed up as therapy it was performed by a monstrous regime but allowed by an
Video examples
The Fish That Hunts...
a monstrous wells catfish introduced here just 40 years ago they have proliferated virtually exterminated the local fish stocks
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Marina Abramovic
Serbian Artist
You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin which dwells in ourselves existing under a deformed and monstrous aspect in another.
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John le Carre
English Writer
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
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David Harbour
American Actor
Myself, I suffer from loneliness. And I think we all feel alone. I'm looking for stories that help people deal with loneliness and help them if they are monsters: they don't have to undertake monstrous actions. And maybe they're not monsters.
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Graham Greene
British Novelist
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the monstrous everyday things that seem like self-evident truths and existential necessities to so many.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.
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Jean Rostand
French Scientist
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
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Omar N. Bradley
American General
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man.
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Marina Abramovic
Serbian Artist
You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin which dwells in ourselves existing under a deformed and monstrous aspect in another.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
Quote examples
David Harbour
American Actor
Myself, I suffer from loneliness. And I think we all feel alone. I'm looking for stories that help people deal with loneliness and help them if they are monsters: they don't have to undertake monstrous actions. And maybe they're not monsters.
Quote examples
Graham Greene
British Novelist
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the monstrous everyday things that seem like self-evident truths and existential necessities to so many.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.
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Jean Rostand
French Scientist
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
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Omar N. Bradley
American General
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man.
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