monstrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce monstrous in British English:
UK [ˈmɒnstrəs]
How to pronounce monstrous in American English:
US [ˈmɑnstrəs]
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- Adjective:
- abnormally large
- shockingly brutal or cruel
- distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
Word Origin
- monstrous (adj.)
- mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from Middle French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus "strange, unnatural, monstrous," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c. 1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s. Earlier form monstruous (late 14c., from Old French monstruous) was "very common in the 16th c." [OED].
Example
- 1. We had a monstrous housing bubble between 2000 and 2006 .
- 2. As for slavery , lincoln had long railed against this " monstrous injustice " .
- 3. Stay mute about his member ...... unless you feel compelled to characterize it as monstrous .
- 4. She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her .
- 5. Reinforced by a monstrous bubble of cheap credit , there was little perceived need to save the old-fashioned way out of income .