monster
/ˈmɑnstɚ/ noun B1- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal. · Get away from those children, you monster!
- A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat. · Sit still, you little monster!
- A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain. · That dude playing guitar is a monster.
- Something very or unusually large. · Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
- A bizarre or whimsical creature. · The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
- A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
Plural monsters
From the library
“Man does not appear to me to be intended to enjoy felicity so unmixed; happiness is like the enchanted palaces we read of in our childhood, where fierce, fiery dragons defend the entrance and approach; and monsters of all shapes and kinds, requiring to be overcome ere victory is ours.
It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
“No; there were some, but the monster has eaten them all.
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