English-Thai Dictionary
monstrous
ADJ ชั่วร้าย โหดร้าย ป่าเถื่อน เลวทราม beastly brutal cruel kindly chue-rai
monstrously
ADV อย่าง น่าเกลียดน่ากลัว อย่าง อสุรกาย yang-na-kiad-na-kua
monstrousness
N ความ น่าเกลียดน่ากลัว kwam-na-kiad-na-kua
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MONSTROUS
a.[L. monstrosus.] Unnatural in form; out of the common course of nature; as a monstrous birth or production. 1. Strange; very wonderful; generally expressive of dislike.
2. Enormous; huge; extraordinary; as a monstrous highth; a monstrous tree or mountain.
3. Shocking to the sight or other senses; hateful.
MONSTROUS
adv. Exceedingly; very much; as monstrous hard; monstrous thick. And will be monstrous witty on the poor.
[This use is colloquial and vulgar. ]
MONSTROUSLY
adv. In a manner out of the common order of nature; hence, shockingly; terribly; hideously; horribly; as a man monstrously wicked. 1. To a great degree; enormously; extravagantly.
Who with his wife is monstrously in love.
MONSTROUSNESS
n.The state of being monstrous. 1. Enormity; irregular nature or behavior.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MONSTROUS
Mon "strous, a. Etym: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L.monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ]
1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs. ]
2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love. .. is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor.
3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc. ; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc. ; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak.
5. Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton.
MONSTROUS
MONSTROUS Mon "strous, adv.
Defn: Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the top. " Bacon. And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden.
MONSTROUSLY
MONSTROUSLY Mon "strous *ly, adv.
Defn: In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love. " Dryden.
MONSTROUSNESS
MONSTROUSNESS Mon "strous *ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
monstrous
mon strous |ˈmänstrəs ˈmɑnstrəs | ▶adjective having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster: monstrous, bug-eyed fish. • (of a person or an action ) inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong: he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent | it is a monstrous waste of money. • extremely and dauntingly large: the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside. DERIVATIVES mon strous ly adverb, mon strous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural ’): from Old French monstreux or Latin monstrosus, from monstrum (see monster ). Current senses date from the 16th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
monstrous
mon |strous |ˈmɒnstrəs | ▶adjective 1 having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster: monstrous, bug-eyed fish. 2 inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong: he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent | it is a monstrous waste of money. 3 extraordinarily and dauntingly large: the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside. DERIVATIVES monstrously adverb, monstrousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural ’): from Old French monstreux or Latin monstrosus, from monstrum (see monster ). Current senses date from the 16th cent.
American Oxford Thesaurus
monstrous
monstrous adjective 1 a monstrous creature: grotesque, hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible, horrific, horrifying, grisly, disgusting, repulsive, repellent, dreadful, frightening, terrifying, malformed, misshapen. ANTONYMS lovely. 2 a monstrous tidal wave. See huge. 3 monstrous acts of violence: appalling, heinous, egregious, evil, wicked, abominable, terrible, horrible, dreadful, vile, outrageous, shocking, disgraceful; unspeakable, despicable, vicious, savage, barbaric, barbarous, inhuman, beastly. ANTONYMS admirable, good.
Oxford Thesaurus
monstrous
monstrous adjective 1 a monstrous creature with great leathery wings and a horny head: grotesque, hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrendous, horrifying, grisly, disgusting, repulsive, repellent, revolting, nightmarish, dreadful, frightening, terrifying, fearsome, freakish, malformed, misshapen, unnatural, abnormal, mutant, miscreated; rare teratoid. ANTONYMS lovely, beautiful, normal. 2 a monstrous tidal wave engulfed the countryside: huge, enormous, massive, great, gigantic, giant, colossal, mammoth, vast, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian, substantial; informal mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking; Brit. informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny, minute. 3 could he be guilty of such monstrous acts? appalling, abhorrent, heinous, evil, wicked, abominable, terrible, horrible, dreadful, hideous, foul, vile; outrageous, shocking, disgraceful, scandalous, atrocious; villainous, nasty, ghastly, odious, loathsome, shameful, infamous, nefarious, iniquitous, unspeakable, intolerable, contemptible, despicable, vicious, cruel, savage, brutish, bestial, barbaric, barbarous, base, inhuman, depraved, fiendish, devilish, diabolical, satanic, ruthless, merciless; Brit. informal beastly; rare egregious, flagitious. ANTONYMS admirable, good, kind.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
monstrous
mon strous /mɑ́nstrəs |mɔ́n -/→monster 形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 (道徳上 )きわめてひどい ; 極悪非道の ; 不公正な ; 途方もない ▸ a monstrous crime 極悪非道の犯罪 2 (不快なほど )巨大な , 怪物のような ; 異常に大きくて醜い .3 奇怪な ; ぞっとする ; 奇形の .～ly 副詞 〖動詞 の後で 〗ひどく, 途方もなく ; 〖形容詞 の前で 〗とても大きく, 巨大に .～ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary