monster

¹mon·ster

noun \ˈmän(t)-stər\

Definition of MONSTER

1

a : an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b : one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character

2

: a threatening force

3

a : an animal of strange or terrifying shape b : one unusually large for its kind

4

: something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty

5

: one that is highly successful

Examples of MONSTER

1. That car is a monster.
2. Inflation has become an economic monster.

Origin of MONSTER

Middle English monstre, from Anglo-French, from Latin monstrum omen, monster, from monēre to warn — more at mind

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MONSTER

Synonyms: grotesque, grotesquerie (also grotesquery), monstrosity, ogre

Antonyms: average, norm, normal, par, standard

Related Words: ogress; Frankenstein; bête noire, bogey (also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear; banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, fright, imp, incubus; horror, terror; abomination, anathema; abnormality, freak; mutant, mutation

Near Antonyms: sample, specimen; commonplace, usual

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