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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɑnstɹəs/ [General-American], /ˈmɒnstɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monstrous.wav Forms: more monstrous [comparative], most monstrous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus. Compare monstruous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|monstrous}} Middle English monstrous, {{der|en|fro|monstrueuse}} Old French monstrueuse, {{der|en|la|monstrosus|mōnstrōsus}} Latin mōnstrōsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} monstrous (comparative more monstrous, superlative most monstrous)
  1. Hideous or frightful. Translations (hideous or frightful): ἄπλατος (áplatos) (Ancient Greek), πελώριος (pelṓrios) (Ancient Greek), monstruosu (Asturian), чудовищен (čudovišten) (Bulgarian), monstruós (Catalan), hirveä (Finnish), hirvittävä (Finnish), monstrueux (French), monstruoso (Galician), ungeheuerlich (German), monströs (German), τερατώδης (teratódis) (Greek), mostruoso (Italian), siaubingas (Lithuanian), monstruós (Occitan), monstrualny (Polish), monstruoso (Portuguese), monstruos (Romanian), hidos (Romanian), oribil (Romanian), чудо́вищный (čudóviščnyj) (Russian), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), monstruoso (Spanish), monstruös (Swedish), vidunderlig (Swedish), ohygglig (Swedish), grotesk (Swedish), hisklig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-monstrous-en-adj-8WbzebEo Disambiguation of 'hideous or frightful': 91 1 7 0 1
  2. Enormously large. Categories (topical): Size Translations (enormously large): πέλωρος (pélōros) (Ancient Greek), monstruosu (Asturian), грамаден (gramaden) (Bulgarian), исполински (ispolinski) (Bulgarian), monstruós (Catalan), valtava (Finnish), suunnaton (Finnish), monstrueux (French), monströs (German), τεράστιος (terástios) (Greek), enorme (Italian), gigantesco (Italian), milžiniškas (Lithuanian), monstrualny (Polish), monstruoso (Portuguese), gigantesco (Portuguese), gigante (Portuguese), enorme (Portuguese), monstruos (Romanian), enorm (Romanian), colosal (Romanian), чудо́вищный (čudóviščnyj) (Russian), monstruoso (Spanish), enorm (Swedish)
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  3. Freakish or grotesque. Translations (freakish or grotesque): πελώριος (pelṓrios) (Ancient Greek), уродлив (urodliv) (Bulgarian), monstruós (Catalan), groteski (Finnish), monstruoso (Galician), grotesk (German), τερατώδης (teratódis) (Greek), τερατόμορφος (teratómorfos) (Greek), išsigimęs (Lithuanian), monstruoso (Portuguese), cumplit (Romanian), atroce (Romanian), groaznic (Romanian), monstruoso (Spanish), grotesk (Swedish), vidunderlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-monstrous-en-adj-onQtokqI Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 7 13 39 33 Disambiguation of 'freakish or grotesque': 7 0 90 0 2
  4. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters. Translations (of, or relating to a mythical monster): πελώριος (pelṓrios) (Ancient Greek), чудовищен (čudovišten) (Bulgarian), monstruós (Catalan), monstra (Esperanto), hirviö- (Finnish), monströs (German), monsterhaft (German), monsterartig (German), θηριώδης (thiriódis) (Greek), monstratra (Ido), monstriškas (Lithuanian), monstruos (Romanian), чудо́вищный (čudóviščnyj) (Russian), monstruoso (Spanish)
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  5. (obsolete) Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: monstrous Hyponyms: chimeral, draconic, draconine, dragonish, gorgon, satyric, satyrlike Derived forms: monstrous agreement, monstrous moonshine Related terms: ghost, gigantic

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} monstrous
  1. Alternative form of monstruous Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: monstruous
    Sense id: en-monstrous-enm-adj-OlqUR-za Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "strange",
          "strange"
        ],
        [
          "fantastical",
          "fantastical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑnstɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒnstɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:monstrous",
      "word": "monstrous"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čudovišten",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "чудовищен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "hirveä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "hirvittävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstrueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "ungeheuerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monströs"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "teratódis",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "τερατώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áplatos",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "ἄπλατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pelṓrios",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "πελώριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "mostruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "siaubingas"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruós"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstrualny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "hidos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "oribil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudóviščnyj",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "чудо́вищный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "отврати́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "monstruös"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "vidunderlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "ohygglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hideous or frightful",
      "word": "hisklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstruosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gramaden",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "грамаден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ispolinski",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "исполински"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstruós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "valtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "suunnaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstrueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monströs"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "terástios",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "τεράστιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pélōros",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "πέλωρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "enorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "gigantesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "milžiniškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstrualny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "gigantesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "gigante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "enorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstruos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "colosal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudóviščnyj",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "чудо́вищный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "enormously large",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "urodliv",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "уродлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "monstruós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "groteski"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "teratódis",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "τερατώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "teratómorfos",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "τερατόμορφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pelṓrios",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "πελώριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "išsigimęs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "cumplit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "atroce"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "groaznic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "freakish or grotesque",
      "word": "vidunderlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čudovišten",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "чудовищен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstruós"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "hirviö-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monströs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monsterhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monsterartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thiriódis",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "θηριώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pelṓrios",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "πελώριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstratra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstriškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstruos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudóviščnyj",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "чудо́вищный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a mythical monster",
      "word": "monstruoso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monstrous"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "monstrous",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "monstruous"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English adjectives",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of monstruous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monstruous",
          "monstruous#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "monstrous"
}

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