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monstrous.

Hideous or frightful.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmɒnstɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɑnstɹəs/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˈmɒnstɹəs/Boston, Canada, Maine/ˈmɔnstɹəs/Australia
  1. Hideous or frightful.

  2. Enormously large.

    a monstrous height
  3. Freakish or grotesque.

  4. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.

  5. Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical.

    obsolete
  6. Disabled; crippled. (A severe slur used to describe persons with disabilities.)

    derogatory · offensive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus. Compare monstruous. By surface analysis, monster + -ous.

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