monster | |
1. n. A terrifying and dangerous creature. | |
2. n. A bizarre or whimsical creature. | |
The children decided Grovyle was a cuddly monster. | |
3. n. An extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal. | |
Get away from those children, you meatheaded monster! | |
4. n. (medicine, archaic) A horribly deformed person. | |
5. n. (figuratively) A badly behaved child, a brat. | |
Sit still, you little monster! | |
6. n. (informal) Something unusually large. | |
Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters. | |
7. n. (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain. | |
That dude playing guitar is a monster. | |
8. n. (gaming) a non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing game | |
9. adj. (informal) Very large; worthy of a monster. | |
He has a monster appetite. | |
10. adj. (informal) Great; very good; excellent. | |
11. v. To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise. | |
12. v. To behave as a monster to; to terrorise. | |
13. v. (chiefly Australia) To harass. | |