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# monstrous

«monstrous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very large and frightening, like a monster: «a monstrous…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (monstrous; more monstrous, most monstrous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very large and frightening, like a monster: «a monstrous wave». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#m1)

2) Very wrong, cruel or shocking: «a monstrous lie». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#m2)

3) Ugly and strange in shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories monstrous creatures and waves bring danger. In ethics and history lessons, a monstrous crime is extremely wicked. In Alice in Wonderland Alice grows to a monstrous size.

### examples

- A monstrous wave crashed over the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x1)
- It was a monstrous lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x2)
- Alice grew to a monstrous size in the little house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x3)
- The giant had monstrous hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x4)
- The ogre built a monstrous wall round his castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x5)
- The cruelty of the slave trade was monstrous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x6)
- Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/#x7)

### note

From «monster» + «-ous»; spelling drops the e: monstrous, not «monsterous». Adverb: monstrously.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monstrous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monstrous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.