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Monster
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- 1 Very large; worthy of a monster. informal, not-comparable
"He has a monster appetite."
- 2 Great; very good; excellent. informal, not-comparable
"“You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”"
- 1 A surname.
"And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech."
- 1 A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
"O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake."
- 2 (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus wordnet
- 3 A bizarre or whimsical creature.
"The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster."
- 4 an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts wordnet
- 5 A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
"Get away from those children, you monster!"
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- 6 a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed wordnet
- 7 A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.) archaic
"The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people."
- 8 someone that is abnormally large and powerful wordnet
- 9 A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat. figuratively, humorous
"Sit still, you little monster!"
- 10 a cruel wicked and inhuman person wordnet
- 11 Something very or unusually large. informal
"Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters."
- 12 A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain. informal
"That dude playing guitar is a monster."
- 13 A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
- 14 A disabled person. offensive
- 1 To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise. transitive
"Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime."
- 2 To behave as a monster to; to terrorise. intransitive
"In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷"
- 3 To harass. Australia
"Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion."
- 4 To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants. UK
"Are you monstering that event?"
- 5 To condemn or reprimand. British, informal, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.
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