Monstrous
Origin
From Middle French monstreux, from Latin mÅnstrÅsus. Compare monstruous.
Full definition of monstrous
Adjective
monstrous
- hideous or frightful
- ShakespeareSo bad a death argues a monstrous life.
- enormously largea monstrous heighta monstrous ox
- freakish or grotesque
- John Lockea monstrous birth
- Jeremy TaylorHe, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love ... is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.
- of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters
- MiltonWhere thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. - (obsolete) marvellous; strange