monster
noun
[ ˈmɒnstə ]
• a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.
• "a monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf"
Similar:
fabulous creature,
mythical creature,
giant,
mammoth,
colossus,
leviathan,
behemoth,
titan,
Brobdingnagian,
monstrosity,
jumbo,
• a thing of extraordinary or daunting size.
• "this is a monster of a book, almost 500 pages"
• a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
monster
verb
• criticize or reprimand severely.
• "my mum used to monster me for coming home so late"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.
