Associations to the word «Monstrous»

Wiktionary

MONSTROUS, adjective. Hideous or frightful.
MONSTROUS, adjective. Enormously large.
MONSTROUS, adjective. Freakish or grotesque.
MONSTROUS, adjective. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
MONSTROUS, adjective. (obsolete) Marvellous; strange.

Dictionary definition

MONSTROUS, adjective. Abnormally large.
MONSTROUS, adjective. 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".
MONSTROUS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley