3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monstrous \Mon"strous\, a. [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux fr
L. monstruosus, fr monstrum See {Monster}.]
1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]
2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from
the natural form or character; abnormal; as a monstrous
birth. --Locke.
He therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom
he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous
in his affections. --Jer. Taylor.
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.
4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or
wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
So bad a death argues a monstrous life. --Shak.
5. Abounding in monsters. [R.]
Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monstrous \Mon"strous\, adv
Exceedingly; very very much ``A monstrous thick oil on the
top.'' --Bacon.
And will be monstrous witty on the poor. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}, {heinous}]
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}, {unnatural}]
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