monster
Plural: monsters
Noun
- A large, frightening, or grotesque creature.
- an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.)
- A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
- Something very or unusually large.
- A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
Adj
- Very large; worthy of a monster.
- Great; very good; excellent.
Verb
- To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
- To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- To harass.
- To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
- To condemn or reprimand.
Examples
- Are you monstering that event?
- Get away from those children, you monster!
- Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
- He has a monster appetite.
- His opponent unleashed a ’MONSTER’ word, filling half the Words With Friends board.
- Sit still, you little monster!
- That dude playing guitar is a monster.
- The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
- The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.
Synonyms
behemoth, colossus, demon, devil, fiend, freak, giant, goliath, lusus naturae, monstrosity, ogre, teras, beast, gigantic, monstrous
Scrabble Score: 9
monster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmonster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
monster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary