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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
monstrous
    adj 1: abnormally large
    2: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime";
       "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime";
       "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn:
       atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous]
    3: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and
       hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that
       churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" [syn:
       grotesque, monstrous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Monstrous \Mon"strous\, adv.
   Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the
   top." --Bacon.
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         And will be monstrous witty on the poor. --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Monstrous \Mon"strous\ (m[o^]n"str[u^]s), a. [OE. monstruous, F.
   monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
   1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]
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   2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from
      the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous
      birth. --Locke.
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            He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom
            he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous
            in his affections.                    --Jer. Taylor.
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   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.
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   4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or
      wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
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            So bad a death argues a monstrous life. --Shak.
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   5. Abounding in monsters. [R.]
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            Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
            Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
                                                  --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for Monstrous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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