monstrous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mon·strous /ˈmɒnstrəs $ ˈmɑːn-/ adjective 1 BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSvery wrong, immoral, or unfair 极端错误的；道德败坏的；极不公正的 It’s monstrous to charge that much for a hotel room. 一间宾馆客房要收那么多钱真是太过分了。 Such monstrous injustice is hard to understand. 如此骇人听闻的枉法不公让人难以理解。2 BIGUGLYunusually large 巨大的 a monstrous nose 很大的鼻子3 unnatural or ugly and frightening 丑陋的；骇人的 SYN hideous a monstrous shadow on the stairs 楼梯上一个可怕的影子 —monstrously adverb He was ugly and monstrously fat. 他长得丑，而且胖得吓人。 It was monstrously unfair. 这极不公正。
Examples from the Corpus
monstrous• a monstrous 400-pound grizzly bear• In the dark hours after breakfast it was some way of controlling the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life.• In his own colorful expression, he had laid a monstrous egg.• A monstrous form lay on it, covered by sheeting.• a monstrous lie• A monstrous pain crackling along the frozen nerves to leave her dry crying, wordless sobs of abandonment.• Frequently they were outspoken wives, who were considered monstrous shrews or unnatural traitors to their husbands.• The plan called for five dams and reservoirs, all of them of monstrous size.• She throws monstrous tantrums if her parents try to leave her at daycare or with a baby-sitter.• Carr has created a monstrous villain, a female killer of children.mon·strous adjectiveChineseSyllable
wrong, Corpus or unfair immoral, very
monstrous
mon‧strous /ˈmɒnstrəs $ ˈmɑːn-/
adjective
1. very wrong, immoral, or unfair:
It’s monstrous to charge that much for a hotel room.
Such monstrous injustice is hard to understand.
2. unusually large:
a monstrous nose
3. unnatural or ugly and frightening
SYN hideous:
a monstrous shadow on the stairs
—monstrously adverb:
He was ugly and monstrously fat.
It was monstrously unfair.
mon‧strous /ˈmɒnstrəs $ ˈmɑːn-/
adjective1. very wrong, immoral, or unfair:
2. unusually large:
3. unnatural or ugly and frightening
SYN hideous:
—monstrously adverb: