Synonyms for Monstrous

Synonyms for "monstrous" (357 found)

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Closest matches (72)

Adjective(4 words)

atrocious beastliest colossal demoniacal

a bit muchabandoned abject abominable absurd abysmal amplitudinous anomalous appalling arrant astronomic astronomical atlantean atrocious awesome awful awfully bad bandy bandy-legged

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Noun(1 words)

blue whale

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Adjective(8 words)

devilish enormous flagitious formidable gigantic grievous grotesque heinous

diabolic dire dirty disfigured disgraceful disgusting dreadful dwarfed egregious elephantine enormous epic evil exaggerated excessive execrable exorbitant extensive extravagant extreme

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Related words (178)

lamentable large laughable little loathsome lousy lowlow downlow-down ludicrous lumpen magnificent main malformed mammoth mangy marred massive massy mean

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measly merciless mightily mighty misbegotten miserable misproportioned misshapen monster monumental morbid mortal mountainous mutilated nasty naughty nauseating nauseous nefarious noisome nonsensical notorious obnoxious odious offensive ominousout of boundsout of shapeout of sightout of this worldoutlandish outrageous outre outsize overbig overdeveloped overgreat overgrown overlarge overmuch overweening paltry peccant pesky pettypigeon toedpigeon-toed pitiable pitiful poky poor poppycockish portentous preposterous prodigious profoundpug nosedpug-nosed rachitic rank rattling regrettable repellent reprehensible reprobate reptilian repulsive revolting rickety ridiculous rococo rotten ruthless sad sadistic satanic savage scabby scandalous schlock scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy shabby shameful shameless shapeless shocking shoddy showy simous sinful sizable small snappingsnub nosedsnub-nosed sordid spacious splayfoot splendid squalid steep stiff stumpy stupendous superb swaybacked talipedic teratic teratogenic teratoid terrible titan titanictoo badtoo muchtowering tremendous truncated ugly unbridled unclean unconscionable undue unfathomed unforgivable ungodly unmentionable unnatural unpardonable unreasonable unrestrained unshapely unspeakable untold unworthy vast very vicious vile villainous voluminous weighty weird wicked wild woeful worst worthless wretched wrong

Adjective(4 words)

satanic tremendous unholy unsightliest

Adjective(1 words)

strange

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

ethics extent intensity magnitude morality severity size

More specific

6 entries

atrocious daunting elephantine formidable heinous titanic

Collocations

5 entries

monstrous consequencesmonstrous growthmonstrous impactmonstrous scalemonstrous size

Inflections

2 entries

more monstrousmost monstrous

Derivations

3 entries

monstrosity monstrously monstrousness

similar

4 entries

big evil large ugly

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The building is a monstrous structure.

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The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.

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One morning, Gregor Samsa woke from a rough night's sleep and found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous bug.

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In all the rest of Europe, there will be monstrous festivals this year.

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