monstrous

[mon-struhs] / ˈmɒn strəs /

ADJECTIVE

unnatural, shocking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atrocious dreadful egregious freakish frightful grotesque gruesome heinous hideous horrendous horrible horrifying inhuman intolerable obscene odious outrageous preposterous terrible vicious

WEAK

abnormal desperate devilish diabolical disgraceful evil fiendish flagitious foul hellish loathsome morbid ominous satanic scandalous teratoid uncanny unusual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful delightful glorious great inoffensive magnificent pleasant pleasing wonderful

WEAK

common expected little miniature natural ordinary small standard tiny

ADJECTIVE

very large

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colossal enormous gargantuan gigantic huge immense impressive magnificent mammoth massive monumental towering tremendous

WEAK

cracking elephantine fantastic giant grandiose great prodigious stupendous titanic vast whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dwarfed insignificant little miniature miniscule minute small teeny tiny unimportant unimpressive

WEAK

average common expected natural ordinary standard

Example Sentences

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It made decent, dedicated officers and staff across the country furious that one of our own could commit such a monstrous crime.

From BBC

Only Byrne’s flashes of humor and desperately flailing humanity keep her on this side of monstrous.

From Los Angeles Times

At this point, all we can hope is that his inherent cowardice will win out over his monstrous ego one more time.

From Salon

Tennyson plunged into a monstrous grief that afflicted him for years.

From The Wall Street Journal

He called ICE’s decision “monstrous,” pledging to seek details.

From Salon