monster

Meanings

Noun

• A terrifying and dangerous creature.
• A bizarre or whimsical creature.
• A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
• A severely deformed person.
• A badly behaved child, a brat.
• Something unusually large.
• A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
• A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games.

Adjective

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• gigantic, monstrous

Origin

• From Middle English monstre, borrowed from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.