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Comparative for not human in nature or character
“Speaking with a human voice and looking like an animal covered with hair, this monstrous being was the embodiment and personification of all of my misspent energies.”
Comparative for having the ugly appearance of a monster
“And then she appeared to him in size a hideous and monstrous witch, a thousand times more repulsive of aspect than the most frightful things seen upon earth.”
Comparative for hideously or monstrously deformed in shape
“It was not unusual for Medieval cultural artifacts to represent monstrous deformity as genuine physical disability with social ostracism indicative of its outcome.”
Comparative for abnormal or freakish in nature or appearance
“I will proceed to investigate just what kind of monstrous being Gregor has been transformed into.”
Comparative for frightening or terrifying, especially in appearance
“Yet alternative maps delineated a dark place, a hell of nightmares and bleakness, a strange country of frightening and monstrous creatures in a hostile environment.”
Comparative for extraordinarily and dauntingly large in size, degree or extent
“The Palace of the Giants was a monstrous structure that took up most of the central area of the ancient agora.”
Comparative for inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong
“How long can we go on empowering evil leaders while remaining silent in the face of monstrous crimes against humanity?”
Comparative for very cruel in nature or in one's treatment of others
“Tell and his compatriots seek to restore the liberty of the people, and end the enslavement by a monstrous tyrant, all the while not shedding unnecessary blood and offering to temper vengeance with mercy.”
Comparative for involving or showing gore, violence and bloodshed
“What was the North's excuse for their monstrous war of plunder and mass murder against their fellow Americans?”
Comparative for disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
“He would start vomiting because of the monstrous images of death that he was constantly conjuring up.”
Comparative for abhorrent, deserving of condemnation
“The monstrous acts of betrayal by men have unleashed the relentless forces of vengeance integral to both blood-kin and feudal cultures.”
Comparative for very unpleasant to the senses, or to experience
“Food was rotting in takeaway boxes discarded on the floor. A monstrous smell pervaded the whole room.”
Comparative for contrary to reason, truth or logic
“It may sound like a monstrous suggestion to you, and I'm not even sure that it would work, except as a temporary measure.”
Comparative for conducive to hopelessness
“He expressed grave apprehensions for the future unless positive steps were taken to remedy the monstrous and depressing conditions imposed upon the masses.”
Comparative for very harsh or severe in conditions
“She demonstrates an amazing gaze of strength and will to live with dignity no matter the monstrous living conditions.”
Comparative for excessive or extreme in amount, level or degree
Comparative for distinguished by a unique attribute
Comparative for to a blatantly great or extreme degree, typically in the negative sense
Comparative for conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive
Comparative for disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
Comparative for inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner
Comparative for remarkable or amazing, typically in a good way
Comparative for causing or liable to cause death or tragedy
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