monstrous

mon·strous  (mnstrs)

adj.

1. Shockingly hideous or frightful.

2. Exceptionally large; enormous: a monstrous tidal wave.

3. Deviating greatly from the norm in appearance or structure; abnormal.

4. Of or resembling a fabulous monster.

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[Middle English, from Old French monstruos, from Latin mnstrusus, from mnstrum, portent, monster; see monster.]

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monstrous·ly adv.

monstrous·ness n.

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monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs]

adj

1. abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of plants and animals) abnormal in structure

3. outrageous, atrocious, or shocking it is monstrous how badly he is treated

4. huge a monstrous fire

5. of, relating to, or resembling a monster

monstrously  adv

monstrousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	monstrous - abnormally large big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
	2.	monstrous - shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" atrocious, flagitious, grievous evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
	3.	monstrous - distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" grotesque ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

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monstrous

adjective

1. outrageous, shocking, evil, horrifying, vicious, foul, cruel, infamous, intolerable, disgraceful, scandalous, atrocious, inhuman, diabolical, heinous, odious, loathsome, devilish, egregious, fiendish, villainous She endured his monstrous behaviour for years.
outrageous good, kind, fine, decent, mild, admirable, honourable, humane, merciful

2. huge, giant, massive, great, towering, vast, enormous, tremendous, immense, titanic, gigantic, mammoth, colossal, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) They were erecting a monstrous edifice.
huge little, small, minute, tiny, slight, miniature, insignificant, meagre, diminutive, puny

3. unnatural, terrible, horrible, dreadful, abnormal, obscene, horrendous, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, frightful, hellish, freakish, fiendish, miscreated, teratoid the film's monstrous fantasy figure
unnatural appealing, natural, normal, beautiful, ordinary, attractive, lovely, pleasant, delightful

Translations

monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs] ADJ

1. (= huge) → enorme, gigantesco

2. (= dreadful) → monstruoso
it is monstrous that → es una verdadera vergüenza or un auténtico escándalo que + subjun

monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs] adj

(= huge) → gigantesque

(= atrocious) → monstrueux/euse

monstrous

adj

(= huge) → ungeheuer (groß), riesig

(= shocking, horrible) → abscheulich; crime, thought, colour → grässlich, abscheulich; suggestion → ungeheuerlich; it’s monstrous that … → es ist einfach ungeheuerlich or schändlich, dass …

monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs] adj (huge) → colossale, enorme; (dreadful) → mostruoso/a
it is monstrous that ... → è scandaloso or pazzesco che... + sub

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monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs] adj (huge) → colossale, enorme; (dreadful) → mostruoso/a
it is monstrous that ... → è scandaloso or pazzesco che... + sub