1 considered to be shocking and unacceptable because it is morally wrong or unfair:
a monstrous lie / injustice
2 very large:
a monstrous wave
3 very large, ugly and frightening:
a monstrous figure / creature
monstrously adverb:
monstrously unfair * a monstrously fat man
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, monstrous is tagged as adjective.
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