Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - monster
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Monster
monster
~1 n 1 »IN STORIES« a large ugly frightening creature, especially an imaginary one (the Kraken and other legendary sea monsters | a prehistoric monster) 2 »CRUEL PERSON« someone who is very cruel and evil (Only a monster could kill all those women and feel no remorse.) 3 »CHILD« often humorous a small child, especially one who is behaving badly (I've got to get home and feed this little monster.) 4 »STH LARGE« informal an object, animal etc that is unusually large (That car of his is an absolute monster!) 5 a dangerous or threatening problem, especially one that develops gradually (It was years before people realized what a monster industrialization had created.) ~2 adj only before noun informal unusually large (the monster fortunes of the Mellons and DuPonts)
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(monsters) 1. A monster is a large imaginary creature that looks very ugly and frightening. N-COUNT 2. A monster is something which is extremely large, especially something which is difficult to manage or which is unpleasant. ...the monster which is now the London marathon. N-COUNT 3. Monster means extremely and surprisingly large. (INFORMAL) The film will be a monster hit. = giant ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis 4. If you describe someone as a monster, you mean that they are cruel, frightening, or evil. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English monstre, from Anglo-French, from Latin monstrum omen, ~, from monere to warn — more at mind Date: 14th century 1. a. an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b. one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character 2. a threatening force 3. a. an animal of strange or terrifying shape b. one unusually large for its kind 4. something monstrous; especially a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty 5. one that is highly successful II. adjective Date: 1837 enormous or impressive especially in size, extent, or numbers ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an imaginary creature, usu. large and frightening, compounded of incongruous elements. 2 an inhumanly cruel or wicked person. 3 a misshapen animal or plant. 4 a large hideous animal or thing (e.g. a building). 5 (attrib.) huge; extremely large of its kind. Etymology: ME f. OF monstre f. L monstrum portent, monster f. monere warn ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. урод 2. чудовище; монстр the monsters of the deep —- морские чудовища (чудища) 3. изверг, чудовище a monster of cruelty —- изверг he is a monster of ingratitude —- он чудовищно неблагодарен 4. что-л. громадное monster ship —- громадный (огромный) корабль these apples are regular monsters —- это не яблоки, а громадины какие-то a monster of a plum —- огромная слива 5. воен. жарг. атомная или водородная бомба ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. monstre, from L. monstrum "monster, monstrosity, omen, portent, sign," perhaps related to monere "warn." Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Monstrous is from L. monstruosus, from monstrum, originally (c.1380) "unnatural, hideous," later "enormous" (1500), then "outrageously wrong" (1573). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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