Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Monstrous has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
abnormally large
"The monstrous elephant wandered through the village, its size dwarfing every tree around it."
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"
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"
4
Hideous or frightful.
"The monstrous storm raged outside, tearing branches from trees and flooding the streets."
Example Sentences
"murder is an atrocious crime"
adjective
"a grievous offense against morality"
adjective
"a grievous crime"
adjective
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
adjective
"tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"
adjective
"twisted into monstrous shapes"
adjective
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