- (in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening
- a monster with three heads
- prehistoric monsters
Extra Examples- a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters
- cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters
- (figurative) He wanted to fight the monster of poverty.
- (figurative) I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them.
- (figurative) The government has created a bureaucratic monster.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly
- Their dog's an absolute monster!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- a person who is very cruel and evil
- The man is a monster; he terrifies me.
- What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing?
- The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- create
- battle
- defeat
- …
- attack somebody/something
- devour somebody/something
- kill somebody/something
- …
- (humorous) a child who behaves badly
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’.
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