monstrous
adjective
[ ˈmɒnstrəs ]
• having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.
• "monstrous, bug-eyed fish"
Similar:
grotesque,
hideous,
ugly,
ghastly,
gruesome,
horrible,
horrid,
horrific,
horrendous,
horrifying,
grisly,
disgusting,
repulsive,
repellent,
revolting,
nightmarish,
dreadful,
frightening,
terrifying,
fearsome,
freakish,
malformed,
misshapen,
unnatural,
abnormal,
mutant,
miscreated,
teratoid,
• inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong.
• "he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent"
Similar:
appalling,
abhorrent,
heinous,
evil,
wicked,
abominable,
terrible,
horrible,
dreadful,
hideous,
foul,
vile,
outrageous,
shocking,
disgraceful,
scandalous,
atrocious,
villainous,
nasty,
ghastly,
odious,
loathsome,
shameful,
infamous,
nefarious,
iniquitous,
unspeakable,
intolerable,
contemptible,
despicable,
vicious,
cruel,
savage,
brutish,
bestial,
barbaric,
barbarous,
base,
inhuman,
depraved,
fiendish,
devilish,
diabolical,
satanic,
ruthless,
merciless,
beastly,
egregious,
flagitious,
• extraordinarily and dauntingly large.
• "the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside"
Similar:
huge,
enormous,
massive,
great,
gigantic,
giant,
colossal,
mammoth,
vast,
immense,
tremendous,
mighty,
stupendous,
monumental,
epic,
prodigious,
mountainous,
titanic,
towering,
elephantine,
king-sized,
king-size,
gargantuan,
Herculean,
Brobdingnagian,
substantial,
mega,
monster,
whopping,
whopping great,
thumping,
thumping great,
humongous,
jumbo,
hulking,
whacking,
whacking great,
ginormous,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural’): from Old French monstreux or Latin monstrosus, from monstrum (see monster). Current senses date from the 16th century.
