Monstrous

//ˈmɑnstɹəs//

Synonyms for "monstrous" (368 found)

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Strong matches (110)

depraved desperate despicable detestable diabolic dire dirty disfigured disgraceful disgusting dreadful dwarfed egregious elephantine enormous epic evil exaggerated excessive execrable

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Adjective(7 words)

different eerie freaky ginormous humongous hunormous immane

Adjective(3 words)

flagitious grievous grotesque

Related words (184)

knock-kneed lamentable laughable little loathsome lousy low low down low-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 naughty nauseating nauseous nefarious noisome nonsensical notorious obnoxious odious offensive ominous out of bounds out of shape out of sight out of this world outlandish outrageous outre outsize overbig overdeveloped overgreat overgrown overlarge overmuch overweening paltry peccant pesky petty pigeon toed pigeon-toed pitiable pitiful poky poor poppycockish portentous preposterous prodigious profound pug nosed pug-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 snapping snub nosed snub-nosed sordid spacious splayfoot splendid squalid steep stiff stumpy stupendous superb swaybacked talipedic teratic teratogenic teratoid terrible titan titanic too bad too much towering tremendous truncated 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(13 words)

leviathan mahoosive odd offbeat outlandish pythonic queer remarkable seld singular strange swingeing unusual

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More specific

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chimeral draconic draconine dragonish gorgon satyric satyrlike

Synonyms

3 entries

flagitious huge nasty

Related terms

2 entries

ghost gigantic

derived

10 entries

humongous monstrocious monstrous agreement monstrous moonshine monstrous regiment monstrously monstrousness semimonstrous supermonstrous unmonstrous

etymologically related_to

1 entries

monstruous

related to

10 entries

enormously freakish frightful grotesque hideous large marvellous monster mythical strange

similar

6 entries

big evil large ugly

Translations

84 translations across 20 languages.

Ancient Greek

4 entries

πέλωρος adj (enormously large)
πελώριος adj (hideous or frightful)
πελώριος adj (freakish or grotesque)
πελώριος adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Asturian

2 entries

monstruosu adj (hideous or frightful)
monstruosu adj (enormously large)

Bulgarian

4 entries

грамаден adj (enormously large)
исполински adj (enormously large)
уродлив adj (freakish or grotesque)
чудовищен adj (hideous or frightful)

Catalan

4 entries

monstruós adj (hideous or frightful)
monstruós adj (enormously large)
monstruós adj (freakish or grotesque)
monstruós adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Esperanto

1 entries

monstra adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Finnish

4 entries

groteski adj (freakish or grotesque)
hirveä adj (hideous or frightful)
hirvittävä adj (hideous or frightful)
hirviö adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

French

2 entries

monstrueux adj (hideous or frightful)
monstrueux adj (enormously large)

Galician

2 entries

monstruoso adj (hideous or frightful)
monstruoso adj (freakish or grotesque)

German

4 entries

grotesk adj (freakish or grotesque)
monsterartig adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)
monsterhaft adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)
monströs adj (hideous or frightful)

Greek

4 entries

θηριώδης adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)
τεράστιος adj (enormously large)
τερατόμορφος adj (freakish or grotesque)
τερατώδης adj (hideous or frightful)

Ido

1 entries

monstratra adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Italian

3 entries

enorme adj (enormously large)
gigantesco adj (enormously large)
mostruoso adj (hideous or frightful)

Lithuanian

4 entries

išsigimęs adj (freakish or grotesque)
milžiniškas adj (enormously large)
monstriškas adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)
siaubingas adj (hideous or frightful)

Occitan

1 entries

monstruós adj (hideous or frightful)

Polish

4 entries

monstrualny adj (hideous or frightful)
monstrualny adj (enormously large)
potworny adj (freakish or grotesque)
potworny adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Portuguese

4 entries

enorme adj (enormously large)
gigante adj (enormously large)
gigantesco adj (enormously large)
monstruoso adj (hideous or frightful)

Romanian

4 entries

atroce adj (freakish or grotesque)
colosal adj (enormously large)
cumplit adj (freakish or grotesque)
enorm adj (enormously large)

Russian

4 entries

отврати́тельный adj (hideous or frightful)
чудо́вищный adj (hideous or frightful)
чудо́вищный adj (enormously large)
чудо́вищный adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Spanish

4 entries

monstruoso adj (hideous or frightful)
monstruoso adj (enormously large)
monstruoso adj (freakish or grotesque)
monstruoso adj (of, or relating to a mythical monster)

Swedish

4 entries

enorm adj (enormously large)
grotesk adj (hideous or frightful)
grotesk adj (freakish or grotesque)
hisklig adj (hideous or frightful)

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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