Dictionary Definition
monstrous adj
1 abnormally large
2 shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an
atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a
grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
[syn: atrocious,
flagitious, grievous, heinous]
3 distorted and unnatural in shape or size;
abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms
long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" [syn:
grotesque, unnatural]
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English
Adjective
Translations
- Chinese:
- Dutch: monsterlijk
- French: monstrueux , monstrueuse
- German: ungeheuer
- Greek: τερατώδης (teratódēs)
- Italian: enorme m/f singular, enormi m/f plural
- Japanese:
- Kanji: 巨大
- Hiragana: きょだい
- Romaji: kyodai
- Hiragana: きょだい
- Kanji: 巨大
- Korean:
- Hangul:
기괴망측한
- Romaja: gigoemangcheukhan
- Hangul:
기괴망측한
- Latin: monstrosus , monstrosa , monstrosum
- Portuguese: monstruoso , monstruosa
- Russian: чудовищный (čudóviščnyj), отвратительный (otvratítel'nyj), монструозный (monstruóznyj)
- Spanish: monstruoso , monstruosa