Word Definition

Monstrous

  1. Marvelous; strange.
  2. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
  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. Exceedingly; very; very much.
  5. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
  6. Abounding in monsters.

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