MONSTER

Monster

A monster is any creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by its appearance and/or its actions. The word "monster" derives from Latin monstrum, an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order.

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monster

Noun

  1. A terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature.
  2. A bizarre or whimsical creature.
    The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
  3. An extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
    Get away from those children, you meatheaded monster!
  4. A horribly deformed person.
  5. A badly behaved child, a brat.
    Sit still, you little monster!
  6. Something unusually large.
    Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
  7. A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
    That dude playing guitar is a monster.

Verb

  1. To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
  2. To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
  3. To harass.

Adjective

  1. Very large; worthy of a monster.
    He has a monster appetite.


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