Dictionary Entry

monstrous

monstrous is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Marvelous; strange. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Marvelous; strange.
2adjective
Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
3adjective
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.
4adjective
Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
5adjective
Abounding in monsters.
6adverb
Exceedingly; very; very much.
7adjective
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"
Synonyms
grotesque
8adjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
"murder is an atrocious crime"
"a grievous offense against morality"
Synonyms
atrocious flagitious grievous
9adjective
abnormally large

Synonyms

grotesque atrocious flagitious grievous

Common word forms

monstrously monstrousness

Words from these letters

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