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   Mon·ster

   /ˈmänstər/

   

   noun

   • 1. an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. Similar fabulous creaturemythical creaturegiantmammothcolossusleviathanbehemothtitanBrobdingnagianmonstrosityinformal:jumbo
   • ▪ an inhumanly cruel or wicked person: "he was an unfeeling, treacherous monster" Similar brutefiendbeastogredevildemonbarbariansavagevillainsadistanimalbogeymaninformal:pigradgederogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swinevulgar slang:shit
   • ▪ a person, typically a child, who is rude or badly behaved: "Christopher is only a year old, but already he is a little monster" Similar rascalimpwretchmischief-makerroguedevilinformal:horrorscampscallywagtykemonkeyarchaic:ripscapegracerapscallioninformal:perisherinformal, dated:pickleinformal:varminthellion
   • ▪ a thing or animal that is excessively or dauntingly large: "this is a monster of a book, almost 2,000 pages"
   • ▪ a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.

   verb

   • 1. criticize or reprimand severely: informal British "my mother used to monster me for coming home so late"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.

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   • Middle English monstre, from Anglo-French, from Latin monstrum omen, monster, from monēre to warn — more at mind from atributive use of monster entry 1 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a 1837, in the meaning defined above Here Be Dragons: A Creature... “Monster.”

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   • A monster is a large imaginary creature that looks very ugly and frightening. Both movies are about a monster in the bedroom closet. A monster is something which is extremely large, especially something that is difficult to manage or which is unpleasant. ...the monster which is now the Boston marathon.

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   A monster is a nonhuman creature that frightens people, or a person or thing that is very large, abnormal, or evil. Learn more about the origin, usage, and idioms of the word monster from Dictionary.com.

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   A monster is a mythical or imaginary creature that is large, ugly, and frightening, or a person or thing that is very bad or wrong. Learn about the origin, history, and usage of the word monster from the Oxford English Dictionary.

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   Monsters are imaginary scary creatures that lurk in dark places and horror movies. If it's got 3 heads, shark teeth and lives under your bed, then it's probably a monster.

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   any plant or animal of abnormal shape or structure, as one greatly malformed or lacking some parts; monstrosity. 2. any imaginary creature part human and part animal in form, as a centaur, or made up of the parts of two or more different animals, as a dragon. 3. something monstrous.

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   Learn the meaning of monster as an imaginary creature, an animal, a person or a child. See pictures, pronunciation, collocations and usage notes.