EGAVE

monster

About 5.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
    Get away from those children, you monster!
  2. noun A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
    Get away from those children, you monster!
  3. noun A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
    Sit still, you little monster!
  4. noun A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
    That dude playing guitar is a monster.
  5. noun A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression). Something very or unusually large.
    Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
  6. noun Something very or unusually large.
    Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
  7. noun A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.)
    The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
  8. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A disabled person, especially a physically disabled person.

Similar words

monstrosity freak giant behemoth fiend devil demon ogre colossus lusus naturae

Often followed by

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Word family

monsters

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