[ˈmɒnstrəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster
(e.g: monstrous, bug-eyed fish)

- inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong
(e.g: he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent)

- extraordinarily and dauntingly large
(e.g: the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural’): from Old French monstreux or Latin monstrosus, from monstrum (see monster). Current senses date from the 16th century