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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. 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 거대한, 괴물처럼 생긴 (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 大的西
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, 거대한 것 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
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 극악 무도한 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
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 거대한, 괴물 같은 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
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 어처구니없는 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
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


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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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