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Noun

A strange, horrible, and often frightening being

Something or someone that grossly deviates from what is normal

An inhumanly cruel or wicked person

(sometimes used affectionately) A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child

A thing that is extremely or unusually large

A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature or monster

Adjective

Monstrously large in size

Famous, celebrated, or well-known

Verb

To criticize severely and brutally

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Noun

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A strange, horrible, and often frightening being

chimaera^UK

chimera^US

specter^US

spectre^UK

vapor^US

vapour^UK

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“It's just the monster under your bed. In your closet, in your head. Exit light, enter night.”

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Something or someone that grossly deviates from what is normal

chimera^US

chimaera^UK

substantial difference

peculiar turn of events

discrepance

divarication

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“Dr. Victor Frankenstein tried to create life but would instead create a monster.”

Noun

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An inhumanly cruel or wicked person

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

unscrupulous operator

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“Prosecutors were determined to put the inhuman monster behind bars for his heinous crimes.”

Noun

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(sometimes used affectionately) A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child

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“It was a quaint little nickname, but it actually suited my little monster perfectly.”

Noun

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A thing that is extremely or unusually large

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“Dad and I managed to hook a real monster of a fish on that day.”

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A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living

Noun

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature or monster

Adjective

Monstrously large in size

out of all proportion

surplus to requirements

costing an arm and a leg

blown up out of all proportion

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

untrammeled^US

spreading like wildfire

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“There is a monster moose running loose on the highway!”

Adjective

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Famous, celebrated, or well-known

recognised^UK

recognized^US

honoured^UK

honored^US

lionized^US

lionised^UK

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

unequalled^UK

honourable^UK

honorable^US

unequaled^US

unrivalled^UK

unrivaled^US

publicized^US

publicised^UK

having made a name for oneself

skilful^UK

skillful^US

of the highest quality

of the first water

top-grade

in a class all by itself

of the highest standard

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

never to be forgotten

stamped on your memory

authorized^US

realized^US

realised^UK

authorised^UK

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Verb

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To criticize severely and brutally

flay

lambaste

criticise^UK

criticize^US

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

belabor^US

belabour^UK

give a tongue-lashing

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

bollock

rap over the knuckles

give someone a bollocking

give someone a telling-off

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a mouthful

give a talking-to

let someone have it

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give someone a rating

disparage

wig

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

take to pieces

asperse

send someone away with a flea in their ear

stigmatize^US

give something a battering

stigmatise^UK

give a piece of one's mind

blow up at

give someone a bad press

jump down one's throat

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

jump down someone's throat

bite someone's head off

give something a bad press

weigh into

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

slang

animadvert upon

blacken someone's reputation

mete out punishment to

give someone a carpeting

come down on like a ton of bricks

send someone away with a flea in his

lower the boom

give the dickens

disagree with

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

snap someone's head off

minimize^US

minimise^UK

rap someone the knuckles

demonize^US

demonise^UK

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

trivialize^US

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

trivialise^UK

express disapproval of

kick up a stink about

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

complain vociferously about

get at

take exception

pick holes

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

speak of with disfavour

blacken the character of

satirize^US

satirise^UK

moralise^UK

moralize^US

rap across the knuckles

express strong disapproval of

express objections to

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

chop logic

think badly of

express disapprobation of

express disapprobation

raise trivial objections to

hold someone to blame

complain to

give vent to one's emotions

give free rein to one's emotions

baulk^UK

balk^US

disagree violently with

remonstrate about

make a protest against

kick against

make a stand against

complain bitterly about

kick up

put up a fight against

take great exception to

peck

bother

go on

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