monstrousness
strəs adjective
1.
frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
2.
shocking or revolting; outrageous: monstrous cruelty.
3.
extraordinarily great; huge; immense: a monstrous building.
4.
deviating grotesquely from the natural or normal form or type.
adverb
6.
extremely; exceedingly; very.
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monstrous (ˈmɒnstrəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc |
| 2. | (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 | |
| monstrous (ˈmɒnstrəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc |
| 2. | (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 | |
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Word Origin & History
monstrous
mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from L. monstruosus "strange, unnatural," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c.1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s.
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