"monstrous" meaning in English

See monstrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɑnstrəs/ [US], /ˈmɒnstrəs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monstrous.wav [UK] Forms: monstrous [positive], more monstrous [comparative], most monstrous [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is monstrous is very ugly or scary
    Sense id: simple-monstrous-en-adj-psLLbll7
  2. If something is monstrous is very big
    Sense id: simple-monstrous-en-adj-qcptfHyv
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "mon‧strous",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is monstrous is very ugly or scary"
      ],
      "id": "simple-monstrous-en-adj-psLLbll7"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is monstrous is very big"
      ],
      "id": "simple-monstrous-en-adj-qcptfHyv"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑnstrəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒnstrəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monstrous.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "monstrous"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "mon‧strous",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is monstrous is very ugly or scary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is monstrous is very big"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑnstrəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒnstrəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monstrous.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "monstrous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for monstrous meaning in English (0.6kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-05 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (8c1bb29 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.