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MON'STROUS, a. [L. monstrosus.] Unnatural in form; out of the common course of nature; as a monstrous birth or production.

1. Strange; very wonderful; generally expressive of dislike.

2. Enormous; huge; extraordinary; as a monstrous highth; a monstrous tree or mountain.

3. Shocking to the sight or other senses; hateful.

MON'STROUS, adv. Exceedingly; very much; as monstrous hard; monstrous thick.

And will be monstrous witty on the poor.

[This use is colloquial and vulgar.]
1913 Definition
Monstrous (monstrous)
a.(?)
Mon"strous
[OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
  1. Marvelous; strange.
    [Obs.]
  2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
    Locke.

    He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor.

  3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
  4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.

    So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak.

  5. Abounding in monsters.
    [R.]

    Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
    Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.
    Milton.

  6. Exceedingly; very; very much.
    "A monstrous thick oil on the top." Bacon.

    And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden.


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