[ˈmɒnstə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature
(e.g: a monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf)

- a thing of extraordinary or daunting size
(e.g: this is a monster of a book, almost 500 pages)

- a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’

[ˈmɒnstə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- criticize or reprimand severely
(e.g: my mum used to monster me for coming home so late)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’