monster

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

monsters

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

monster

past (v2)

monstered

past participle (v3)

monstered

present participle

monstering

3rd person singular

monsters

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

   • That dude playing guitar is a monster.
   • Get away from those children, you monster!
   • I'm not a monster, Tom, well, technically I am / I guess I am..

2. 2.A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).(informal)

   • Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
   • The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
   • "Periodically, storms would bring the creeping death to the valley - drifting clouds of radio-active dust - and men would sicken and die and women give birth to monsters."

3. 3.A bizarre or whimsical creature.

   • The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.

4. 4.A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob

   • There's a monster under my bed.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Great; very good; excellent.(informal)

   • “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”
   • Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.

2. 2.Very large; worthy of a monster.(informal)

   • I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster."
   • How do you get more monster than a monster truck? You build a monster tank.
   • He has a monster appetite.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.

   • Demonizing or monstering other groups has even become part of the cycle of American politics.
   • Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.
   • The community forgives: this is in deep contrast to offenders that emerge from prison and remain stigmatised and monstered, often unable to get work or housing.

2. 2.To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.

   • The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied.

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Synonyms

• giant