monstrous
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈmɑnstrəs/
- Kurt hesitated only a moment before he told his father the story of the buzzards' monstrous attack.
- monstrous evil
- monstrous crimes
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Watch on YouTubeI'm guilty of a far more monstrous crime.
- I'm guilty of a far more monstrous crime.
- It's such a monstrous moral error.
- Part of being an animal is also just the most monstrous cruelty.
- As you've looked at the last two weeks, this, this, this monstrous war that's been launched, what are your thoughts?
- And the the really monstrous thing about this is we're so deluded into thinking that fruit juice is healthy.
- And this comes back to this comes back to everything I was talking about earlier, about becoming a monster and choosing not to do monstrous things.
- I actually think the most monstrous part is how cruel survivors are to themselves and how they talk to themselves.
- So we have this memorial, it's monstrous thing and incredibly emotional and brutal.
- So some of those episodes have been an episode about monstrous women.
- We read, although its conclusion is monstrous.
- So these different layers of, you know, monstrous mentalities of people who are just massive leaders.
- He coded them with messages just as monstrous as the messages which made the men, women of our our arrochia into monsters.
Examples
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War is the most monstrous of man's illusions.
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How dare you enter my house on the day my beloved husband died and utter such monstrous, ridiculous sentiments?
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In the face of monstrous evil, the worst possible response is to feel nothing.
Academic text (2000) -
- What was done to me was monstrous.
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I'm guilty of a far more monstrous crime.
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It's such a monstrous moral error.
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I actually think the most monstrous part is how cruel survivors are to themselves and how they talk to themselves.
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In my panic flight from my monstrous father, I try desperately to wake up.
Fiction book (1998) -
The poet shows that even the "pregnant" Palestinian women were not spared from the Zionists' monstrous slaughter.
Academic text (2018) -
The judge declared that the defendant's actions were so monstrous that they shocked the entire community.
Synonyms
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1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
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4.8
Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
200
5.5
Causing great fear or shock
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5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
134
3.7
Very bad and unpleasant, often causing fear or shock
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5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
93
6.2
Shocking and unpleasant because it shows death or serious injury
84
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
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9.0
Extremely cruel and shocking
79
7.0
Very shocking and scary, causing fear or disgust
70
8.1
Extremely evil and cruel, as if caused by the devil
58
1.1
Very frightening and causing fear or dread
47
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
42
8.2
Very evil and cruel, like a devil
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6.8
Causing great fear and shock, often like death or ghosts
34
6.0
Very cruel and not feeling pity
33
5.9
Very cruel and causing pain to people or animals
27
1.0
So frightening that people feel afraid
25
7.9
Causing great pain or sorrow
19
8.2
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel strong dislike
17
5.1
Very scary and likely to make someone feel afraid
16
7.0
Very frightening and unpleasant, like a bad dream
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7.3
Very bad and cruel, often hurting other people
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6.5
Cruel and showing no care for other people like an animal
10
7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
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7.6
Very cruel and shocking, causing great pain and fear
1
9.9
A very wicked and criminal act that shocks people
1
8.8
Someone who is very mean and greedy and frightens other people
Antonyms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monstrous comes from Latin monstrum, the same root as monster, which named strange and frightening things, so calling an action 'monstrous' means it is 'shockingly cruel' or evil, like something a monster would do.