Antonyms for monstrous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mon-struhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn strəs


Definition of monstrous

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "unnatural, deviating from the natural order, hideous," from Middle French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus "strange, unnatural, monstrous," from monstrum (see monster). Meaning "enormous" is from c.1500; that of "outrageously wrong" is from 1570s. Earlier form monstruous (late 14c., from Old French monstruous) was "very common in the 16th c." [OED].
  • adj unnatural, shocking
  • adj very large
Example sentences :
  • A non-loving Universal Thought was too monstrous a concept to entertain.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I do know that you did it for love of me, monstrous though it sounds to say so.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • She thinks it monstrous because she has eyes in her head; she thinks it monstrous because it is monstrous.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They had sent this monstrous caricature of the most beautiful thing in the world.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • His design then appeared to him insane, monstrous, polluting.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It seemed to him monstrous that one should sadden one's life by such an excursion as this.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The manner in which he had been insulted by that creature Silviane was so monstrous!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Such a monstrous Pandarus would have been blackballed at the Pimp.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • He listened patiently, but seemed wedded to some monstrous view of his own.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • What now appears to us as monstrous seemed then quite natural.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Synonyms for monstrous

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