monster
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈmɑnstər/
- Offensive
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monstruo
- And, you know, if I am a monster, it's you that made me the monster.
- become a monster
- call someone a monster
- create a monster
And, you know, if I am a monster, it's you that made me the monster.
- And, you know, if I am a monster, it's you that made me the monster.
- I was like this guy, he was a monster, absolute monster.
- And I'm not saying that I'm a cold, heartless monster, but a little sick.
- She is such a monster, isn't she a monster?
- What kind of monster leaves voicemail messages?
- It's better that he believes me a monster than that he should lose faith in you.
- He is a monster, but he has a logic to him.
- What turns a person like that from man into monster?
- But really it's like, was this teacher a monster or was she just giving kids?
Examples
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Yeah, you're a monster.
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The cold hard truth of it, Patty, is that there are monsters in this world.
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I wish I was the monster you think I am.
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Turns out, the real monster is you.
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My father was a monster.
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"I'm not the monster they made me out to be," she says.
Academic text (2011) -
These two officers are completely unaware of the monster in their midst.
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But he was also an absolute monster and a psychopath in many ways.
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- He's turning us into monsters.
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Many people believe that he is a monster for the cruel way he treated his family.
Synonyms
272
3.3
A person who does very bad things, often the main bad character in a story
152
6.5
A person who is very cruel and shows no pity
106
5.1
A cruel person who causes great harm to others
15
7.4
A very unpleasant or cruel person who frightens others
14
7.3
A person who is very cruel and hurts other people without pity
5
4.4
A cruel person who hurts others or treats them very badly
4
8.8
A cruel woman who treats people very badly
1
9.6
A very evil person who hurts and frightens others
1
9.9
A person who behaves violently and scares other people
A person who behaves cruelly and violently and is said to be like an animal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
5
8.0
A large, famous creature like a long-necked animal that people say lives in Loch Ness, Scotland
- Literature
1
7.8
A creature that a scientist brings to life in Mary Shelley's novel
- US
1
8.4
A large lizard with bright orange and black skin that has venom in its bite but is usually not aggressive
- Literature
A monster with a head that looks like a pumpkin that appears in stories or at Halloween
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Etymology
Monster began as a word for a shocking 'sign' (Latin monstrum from monere 'to warn'), and over time people used it for anyone who did very cruel or inhuman things. That is why calling someone a monster says they are morally shocking or cruel.