monstrous
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnstɹəs/
The English word “monstrous” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Hideous or frightful.
- Enormously large.
- Freakish or grotesque.
- Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
- Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical.
- Disabled; crippled. (A severe slur used to describe persons with disabilities.)
Etymology
From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus. Compare monstruous. By surface analysis, monster + -ous.
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