monstrous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒnstɹəs/    美 /ˈmɑnstɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Hideous or frightful.
    — So bad a death argues a monstrous life.
  2. Enormously large.
    — a monstrous height
  3. Freakish or grotesque.
    — The irregular and monstrous births
  4. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
    — Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide / Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
  5. Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical. obsolete
    — The whole story was monstrous, and only worthy of the superstitious days in which it was written.
  6. Disabled; crippled. (A severe slur used to describe persons with disabilities.) derogatory,offensive

词形变化

more monstrous comparative most monstrous superlative

词汇关系

近义词
monstrous
下位词
chimeral draconic draconine dragonish gorgon satyric satyrlike
衍生词
humongous monstrocious monstrous agreement monstrously monstrous moonshine monstrousness monstrous regiment semimonstrous supermonstrous unmonstrous
相关词
ghost gigantic

词源

From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus. Compare monstruous. By surface analysis, monster + -ous.
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