Monstrous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Monstrous	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Monstrous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monstrous adj abnormally large 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" Synonym(s): atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous 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" Synonym(s): grotesque, monstrous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monstrous \Mon"strous\, a. [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See {Monster}.] 1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.] 2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. --Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story. 4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. So bad a death argues a monstrous life. --Shak. 5. Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monstrous \Mon"strous\, adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. [bd]A monstrous thick oil on the top.[b8] --Bacon. And will be monstrous witty on the poor. --Dryden.