monstrous

CEFRC1

/ˈmɑnstɹəs/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Extremely ugly, frightening, large, or cruel.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Enormously large.

Examples

  • The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.

  • We're all going to be eaten by a monstrous talking shrubbery.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Freakish or grotesque.

  2. Hideous or frightful.

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

More examples

In context

  • The building is a monstrous structure.

  • a monstrous height

  • So bad a death argues a monstrous life.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank dragon was terrifying to all who saw it in the kingdom.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

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