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monster

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mon·ster  (mnstr)
n.
1.
a. An imaginary or legendary creature, such as a centaur or Harpy, that combines parts from various animal or human forms.
b. A creature having a strange or frightening appearance.
2. An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
3. Pathology A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
4. A very large animal, plant, or object.
5. One who inspires horror or disgust: a monster of selfishness.
adj.
Informal Extremely large; monstrous: a monster hit at the box office; ate a monster steak.

[Middle English monstre, from Old French, from Latin mnstrum, portent, monster, from monre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]

monster
Noun
1. an imaginary beast, usually frightening in appearance
2. a very large person, animal, or thing
3. an exceptionally cruel or wicked person
4. a person, animal, or plant with a marked deformity [Latin monstrum portent]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monstermonster - an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear - an imaginary monster used to frighten children
mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
2.monstermonster - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
3.monstermonster - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
mutant, mutation, sport, variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
4.monstermonster - a cruel wicked and inhuman person    
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
demoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
5.monster - (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
fetus, foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
acardia - congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)
acephalia, acephalism, acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)

monster
3.
Translations

monster [ˈmɔnstəʳ] nmonstruo
monster [ˈmɔnstəʳ] nmonstre m
monster [ˈmɔnstəʳ] nUngetüm nt, Monstrum nt;
(imaginary creature) → Ungeheuer nt, Monster nt;
(person) → Unmensch m
monster [ˈmɔnstəʳ] nmostro

monster
n monster [ˈmonstə]
1 (also adjective) (something) of unusual size, form or appearance a monster tomato.reusagtigضَخْم جِداًогроменzrůdakæmpe; kæmpe-Riesen-...τέρας, που έχει τεράστιες διαστάσειςmonstruokoletu suurعظيم الجثهepämuodostunutmonstreמִפלֶצֶתविरूप प्राणीgrdosijaóriás(i); szörny(eteg)raksasavanskapningurmostro奇形の거대한, 괴물처럼 생긴 (것)monstras, didžiulismilzenissangat besarmonstermonster, uhyre; kjempe-(messig)monstrum, monstrualnymonstromonstru, uriaşгромадина; уродobor; kolosvelikanskiogromanmonster; jätte-ใหญ่โตมากanormal (bitki)異常大的東西страхіттяعجیب الخلقت جانور یا پوداquái vật西
2 a huge and/or horrible creature prehistoric monsters.monsterوَحْش خُرافيчудовищеnestvůrauhyredas Ungeheuerτέραςmonstruokoletisهيولاhirviömonstreמִפלֶצֶתअतिविशाल, भीमाकारčudovištemonstrummakhluk mengerikanskrímsli, ferlíkimostro怪物괴물, 거대한 것pabaisabriesmonis, nezvērsraksasamonsterkjempedyr, uhyre, vanskapningpotwórmonstromonstruчудовище, чудищеobludapošastčudovištemonster, vidunder, odjurสัตว์ประหลาดcanavar怪物монстрبے ہنگم وجود کا وجود، راکششcon vật khổng lồ
3 a very evil person The man must be a monster to treat his children so badly!monsterشَخْص مُخيف في بَشاعَتِهчудовищен човекnetvoruhyre; umenneskedas Ungeheuerτέρας, φοβερός άνθρωποςmonstruokoletisعفريتhirviömonstreמִפלֶצֶתबहुत दुष्टčudovišteszörnyetegorang jahatskepna, níðingurmostro極悪人극악 무도한 사람baisūnas, žiauruolisnezvērs, šausmonisorang jahatmonsterumenneske, monsterpotwórmonstromonstruизвергnetvorpošastčudovištemonster, odjurคนโหดร้ายcanavar ruhlu kimse殘忍的人виродокبے رحم ظالم آدمیngười quái ác
adj ˈmonstrous
1 huge and often unpleasant. reusagtigهائِلогроменmonstrózníuhyrlig; afskyeligungeheuerτερατώδηςenorme, gigantescokoletislikبزرگhirviömäinenmonstrueux, colossalמִפלַצתִיअप्राकृतिकgoleméktelen nagybesar sekalivanskapaður; risastórmostruoso, enorme奇怪な거대한, 괴물 같은baisingas, gigantiškasmilzīgs; briesmīgsbesar sekalimonsterlijkkolossal, uhyrligpotwornymonstruos, giganticисполинский; безобразныйmonštruóznypošastenčudovišanvidunderlig, monstruösชั่วร้ายcanavar gibi巨大的﹐討厭的,怪異的величезнийبڑا اور بے ہنگمkỳ quái
2 shocking a monstrous lie.nareشَنيع، مُخيف، فَظيعшокиращohavnýuhyrlig; forfærdeligungeheuerlichτερατώσης, φοβερόςescandaloso, atroz, monstruosokoletuموحشtörkeämonstrueuxשַעֲרוּרִייָהस्तब्धकारीčudovištanszörnyűmengejutkanandstyggilegurmostruoso途方もない어처구니없는siaubingas, baisusbriesmīgs; šokējošsmengejutkanschandaligskrekkelig, avskyelig, uhyrligpotwornymonstruosooribilчудовищныйpríšernýgrozenšokantanavskyvärd, ohyggligซึ่งตกใจสุดขีดkorkunç可怕的жахливий; страхітливийقبیحghê gớm
adv ˈmonstrously
nareبِفَظاعَه، بِوَحْشِيَّهчудовищноnestvůrně; obrovitěuhyrligt; forfærdeligtmonströsφοβεράmonstruosamentekoletultبطور موحشhirviömäisestimonstrueusementבְּצוּרָה זְווָעֲתִיתभीमकाय जन्तुčudovišnoirtózatosan; rendkívüliensecara mengejutkanandstyggilegamostruosamenteものすごく괴물같이, 어처구니없게siaubingai, baisiaibriesmīgi; milzīgisungguhschandaligskrekkelig, uhyrligpotworniemonstruosamentemonstruosчудовищноpríšernepošastnošokantnomonstruöst, avskyvärt, ohyggligtอย่างน่าเกลียดน่ากลัวcanavarca可怕地жахливоقباحت سےmột cách kỳ quái

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Fifteen days later, two thousand miles farther off, the Helvetia, of the Compagnie-Nationale, and the Shannon, of the Royal Mail Steamship Company, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42@ 15' N.
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
Uplifting my eyes from the page, they fell upon the naked face of the bill, and upon an object -- upon some living monster of hideous conformation, which very rapidly made its way from the summit to the bottom, disappearing finally in the dense forest below.
 
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