monster, teras
(noun) (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
monster
(noun) an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
(noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus
(noun) someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monster (plural monsters)
A terrifying and dangerous creature.
A bizarre or whimsical creature.
A cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
(medicine, archaic) A horribly deformed person.
(figuratively) A badly behaved child, a brat.
(informal) Something unusually large.
(informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
(gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games.
monster (not comparable)
(informal) Very large; worthy of a monster.
(informal) Great; very good; excellent.
• (very large): gigantic, monstrous
monster (third-person singular simple present monsters, present participle monstering, simple past and past participle monstered)
To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
(chiefly, Australia) To harass.
• Monters, mentors, meronts, metrons, monstre, montres, termons
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"ster, n. Etym: [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.]
1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. A monster or marvel. Chaucer.
2. Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
Mon"ster, a.
Definition: Monstrous in size. Pope.
Mon"ster, v. t.
Definition: To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
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