monster

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.

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

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monster [ˈmɒnstə]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) an imaginary beast, such as a centaur, usually made up of various animal or human parts

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a person, animal, or plant with a marked structural deformity

3. a cruel, wicked, or inhuman person

4.

a.  a very large person, animal, or thing

b.  (as modifier) a monster cake

[from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum portent, from monēre to warn]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monster - 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.	monster - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful behemoth, colossus, goliath, giant unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	3.	monster - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity 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.	monster - a cruel wicked and inhuman person     fiend, ogre, demon, devil 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 teras 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)

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monster

noun

1. giant, mammoth, titan, colossus, monstrosity, leviathan, behemoth, Brobdingnagian He said he'd hooked a real monster of a fish.

2. brute, devil, savage, beast, demon, villain, barbarian, fiend, ogre, ghoul, bogeyman You make me sound like an absolute monster!

3. rascal, rogue, horror (informal), devil, monkey (informal), imp, tyke (informal), scallywag (informal), mischief-maker, scamp (informal) I don't think I could be as patient as they are with that little monster!

4. freak, mutant, monstrosity, lusus naturae, miscreation, teratism She keeps me hidden like some hideous monster she's ashamed of.

adjective

huge, giant, massive, enormous, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, stellar (informal), stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) The film will be a monster hit.

Translations

monster [ˈmɒnstəʳ]

A. ADJ (= enormous) → enorme, gigantesco

B. N → monstruo m (= big animal, plant, thing) → monstruo m, gigante m
a real monster of a fish → un pez verdaderamente enorme

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monster [ˈmɒnstə^r]

n

(= creature) → monstre m

(= huge thing)
a great yellow monster of a bulldozer → un monstre de bulldozer jaune
the monster which is the London marathon → l'événement monstre qu'est le marathon de Londres

adj (= massive) → monstre
The film will be a monster hit → Le film aura un succès monstre.

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monster

n

(= big animal, thing) → Ungetüm nt, → Monstrum nt; (= animal) → Ungeheuer nt, → Ungetüm nt; a real monster of a fish → ein wahres Monstrum or Ungeheuer von (einem) Fisch; a monster of a book → ein richtiger Schinken (inf), → ein Mammutwerk nt; a monster of greed → ein (hab)gieriges Monster

(= abnormal animal) → Ungeheuer nt, → Monster nt, → Monstrum nt; (= legendary animal) → (groteskes) Fabelwesen

(= cruel person) → Unmensch m, → Ungeheuer nt

attr

(= enormous) → riesenhaft; monster film → Monster- or Mammutfilm m

(= to do with monsters) → Monster-; monster hunt → Monsterjagd f

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monster [ˈmɒnstəʳ]

1. n → mostro

2. adj (enormous) → gigantesco/a

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monster

n monster [ˈmonstə]

1 (also adjective) (something) of unusual size, form or appearance a monster tomato. reusagtig ضَخْم جِداً огромен zrůda kæmpe; kæmpe- Riesen-... τέρας, που έχει τεράστιες διαστάσεις monstruo koletu suur عظيم الجثه epämuodostunut monstre מִפלֶצֶת विरूप प्राणी grdosija óriás(i); szörny(eteg) raksasa vanskapningur mostro 奇形の 괴상한 것 monstras, didžiulis milzenis sangat besar monster monster, uhyre; kjempe-(messig) monstrum, monstrualny monstro monstru, uriaş громадина; урод obor; kolos velikanski ogroman monster; jätte- ใหญ่โตมาก anormal (bitki) 異常大的東西 страхіття عجیب الخلقت جانور یا پودا quái vật 异常大的东西

2 a huge and/or horrible creature prehistoric monsters. monster وَحْش خُرافي чудовище nestvůra uhyre das Ungeheuer τέρας monstruo koletis هيولا hirviö monstre מִפלֶצֶת अतिविशाल, भीमाकार čudovište monstrum makhluk mengerikan skrímsli, ferlíki mostro 怪物 괴물 pabaisa briesmonis, nezvērs raksasa monster kjempedyr, uhyre, vanskapning potwór monstro monstru чудовище, чудище obluda pošast čudovište monster, vidunder, odjur สัตว์ประหลาด canavar 怪物 монстр بے ہنگم وجود کا وجود، راکشش con vật khổng lồ 怪物

3 a very evil person The man must be a monster to treat his children so badly! monster شَخْص مُخيف في بَشاعَتِه чудовищен човек netvor uhyre; umenneske das Ungeheuer τέρας, φοβερός άνθρωπος monstruo koletis عفريت hirviö monstre מִפלֶצֶת बहुत दुष्ट čudovište szörnyeteg orang jahat skepna, níðingur mostro 極悪人 매우 사악한 사람 baisūnas, žiauruolis nezvērs, šausmonis orang jahat monster umenneske, monster potwór monstro monstru изверг netvor pošast čudovište monster, odjur คนโหดร้าย canavar ruhlu kimse 殘忍的人 виродок بے رحم ظالم آدمی người quái ác 残忍的人

adj monstrous

1 huge and often unpleasant. reusagtig هائِل огромен monstrózní uhyrlig; afskyelig ungeheuer τερατώδης enorme, gigantesco koletislik بزرگ hirviömäinen monstrueux, colossal מִפלַצתִי अप्राकृतिक golem éktelen nagy besar sekali vanskapaður; risastór mostruoso, enorme 奇怪な 기괴한 baisingas, gigantiškas milzīgs; briesmīgs besar sekali monsterlijk kolossal, uhyrlig potworny monstruos, gigantic исполинский; безобразный monštruózny pošasten čudovišan vidunderlig, monstruös ชั่วร้าย canavar gibi 巨大的﹐討厭的，怪異的 величезний بڑا اور بے ہنگم kỳ quái 怪异的

2 shocking a monstrous lie. nare شَنيع، مُخيف، فَظيع шокиращ ohavný uhyrlig; forfærdelig ungeheuerlich τερατώσης, φοβερός escandaloso, atroz, monstruoso koletu موحش törkeä monstrueux שַעֲרוּרִייָה स्तब्धकारी čudovištan szörnyű mengejutkan andstyggilegur mostruoso 途方もない 엄청난 siaubingas, baisus briesmīgs; šokējošs mengejutkan schandalig skrekkelig, avskyelig, uhyrlig potworny monstruoso oribil чудовищный príšerný grozen šokantan avskyvärd, ohygglig ซึ่งตกใจสุดขีด korkunç 可怕的 жахливий; страхітливий قبیح ghê gớm 可怕的

adv monstrously

nare بِفَظاعَه، بِوَحْشِيَّه чудовищно nestvůrně; obrovitě uhyrligt; forfærdeligt monströs φοβερά monstruosamente koletult بطور موحش hirviömäisesti monstrueusement בְּצוּרָה זְווָעֲתִית भीमकाय जन्तु čudovišno irtózatosan; rendkívülien secara mengejutkan andstyggilega mostruosamente ものすごく 괴물같이, 어처구니없게 siaubingai, baisiai briesmīgi; milzīgi sungguh schandalig skrekkelig, uhyrlig potwornie monstruosamente monstruos чудовищно príšerne pošastno šokantno monstruöst, avskyvärt, ohyggligt อย่างน่าเกลียดน่ากลัว canavarca 可怕地 жахливо قباحت سے một cách kỳ quái 可怕地

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monster → مسخ nestvůra monster Ungeheuer τέρας monstruo hirviö monstre čudovište mostro 怪物 괴물 monster monster potwór monstro монстр monster สัตว์ประหลาด canavar quái vật 怪物