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Monster

Monster Meaning & Definition
Monster Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Monster?

[n] (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
[n] an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
[n] a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
[n] someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Monster: behemoth | colossus | demon | devil | fiend | freak | giant | goliath | lusus naturae | monstrosity | ogre | teras

Related Terms | Find terms related to Monster: abortion | abysmal | amplitudinous | ape-man | Argus | astronomic | astronomical | Atlantean | awesome | baboon | bag | beast | beldam | berserk | berserker | blemish | blot | bogey | bogeyman | bomber | boundless | Briareus | Brobdingnagian | brute | bugaboo | bugbear | bulky | centaur | Cerberus | Charybdis | chimera | cockatrice | colossal | cosmic | Cyclopean | Cyclops | deformity | demon | devil | devil incarnate | dinosaur | dog | Dracula | dragon | drake | Echidna | elephant | elephantine | enormous | epic | extensive | eyesore | fee-faw-fum | fiend | fiend from hell | firebrand | fire-eater | Frankenstein | freak | freak of nature | fright | frightener | fury | galactic | Gargantuan | gargoyle | ghost | ghoul | giant | giantlike | gigantic | goon | Gorgon | gorilla | griffin | gunsel | hag | hardnose | Harpy | harridan | hellcat | hellhound | hellion | hellkite | hell-raiser | Herculean | heroic | hippo | hippocampus | hippopotamus | hobgoblin | holy terror | Homeric | hood | hoodlum | horror | hothead | hotspur | huge | Hydra | immeasurable | immense | incendiary | incubus | infinite | jumbo | killer | king-size | lamia | large | leviathan | Loch Ness monster | mad dog | madcap | Mafioso | mammoth | massive | massy | mastodon | Medusa | mermaid | merman | mess | mighty | Minotaur | miscreation | missing link | monstrosity | monstrous | monumental | mountainous | mugger | mutant | mutation | nightmare | nixie | no beauty | ogre | ogress | outsize | overgrown | Pegasus | phantom | prodigious | profound | Python | rapist | revenant | revolutionary | roc | salamander | satyr | savage | scarebabe | scarecrow | scarer | Scylla | sea horse | sea serpent | she-wolf | sight | siren | sizable | spacious | specter | Sphinx | spitfire | stupendous | succubus | Talos | teratism | termagant | terror | terrorist | tiger | tigress | titanic | tough | tough guy | towering | tremendous | troll | Typhon | ugly customer | ugly duckling | unicorn | vampire | vast | violent | virago | vixen | voluminous | weighty | werewolf | whale | wild beast | windigo | witch | wolf | Wolf-man | xiphopagus | Young Turk | zombie

See Also | acardia | acephalia | acephalism | acephaly | anomaly | bogeyman | booger | boogeyman | bugaboo | bugbear | demoniac | disagreeable person | fetus | foetus | imaginary being | imaginary creature | leviathan | mutant | mutation | mythical creature | mythical monster | sport | unpleasant person | unusual person | variation

Monster In Webster's Dictionary

\Mon"ster\, n. [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See {Monition}, and cf. {Demonstrate}, {Muster}.] 1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. A monster or marvel. --Chaucer. 2. Specifically, an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs. 3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
\Mon"ster\, a. Monstrous in size. --Pope.
\Mon"ster\, v. t. To make monstrous. [Obs.] --Shak.

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