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mon·strous
(mŏn′strəs)adj.
1.
a. Shockingly hideous or frightful in appearance.
b. Of or resembling a fabulous monster.
2. Exceptionally large; enormous: a monstrous tidal wave.
3. Extremely immoral or cruel: a monstrous dictator; monstrous behavior.
4. Archaic Deviating greatly from the norm in appearance or structure; abnormal.
[Middle English, from Old French monstruos, from Latin mōnstruōsus, from mōnstrum, portent, monster; see monster.]
mon′strous·ly adv.
mon′strous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | monstrously - in a hideous manner; "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident" |
2. | monstrously - in a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously murdered" | |
3. | monstrously - in a grotesque manner; "behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies" |
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Translations
بِفَظاعَه، بِوَحْشِيَّه
nestvůrněobrovitě
forfærdeligt
irtózatosan
andstyggilega
canavarca
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monstrously
adv → schrecklich, fürchterlich
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monster
(ˈmonstə) noun1. (also adjective) (something) of unusual size, form or appearance. a monster tomato.
2. a huge and/or horrible creature. prehistoric monsters.
3. a very evil person. The man must be a monster to treat his children so badly!
ˈmonstrous adjective1. huge and often unpleasant.
2. shocking. a monstrous lie.
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