monster

monster is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
  2. 2.Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
  3. 3.Monstrous in size. Pope.
  4. 4.To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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