Meaning

9 senses
  1. A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

    an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

  2. 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 cruel wicked and inhuman person

  3. (figuratively, humorous)A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.

    Sit still, you little monster!

    чудо́вищеčudóvišče, монстрmonstr

  4. (informal)A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.

    That dude playing guitar is a monster.

    вундерки́ндvundɛrkínd, ге́нийgénij

  5. A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).

    (informal)Something very or unusually large.

    Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.

    грома́динаgromádina, коло́ссkolóss, здоровякzdorovjak

    someone that is abnormally large and powerful

  6. A bizarre or whimsical creature.

    The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.

    уро́дuród, чудо́вищеčudóvišče, чу́дищеčúdišče

  7. A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob

  8. A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).

    (archaic)A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.)

    The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.

    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

  9. A deformed animal or person (especially, a severely deformed one); in previous centuries often taken as an ill omen at the time of its birth. (Offensive when applied to humans in modern usage.)

    (archaic, offensive)A disabled person, especially a physically disabled person.

Examples

486 sentences
  1. It isn't true Tom saw a monster.

    Це неправда, що Том бачив монстра.

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  2. It isn't true that Tom saw a monster.

    Це неправда, що Том бачив монстра.

    ruЭто неправда, что Том видел монстра.

    deEs stimmt gar nicht, dass Tom ein Ungeheuer gesehen hat.

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  3. Tom told his son the story about a monster that ate children.

    Том розповів своєму сину історію про чудовисько, що їло дітей.

    ruТом рассказал своему сыну историю о чудовище, которое ест маленьких детишек.

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  4. I'm not a monster.

    Я не монстр!

    ruЯ не монстр.

    deIch bin kein Ungeheuer.

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  5. Tom is still afraid of monsters.

    Том досі боїться чудовиськ.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
terrifying dangerous creature:
Русский
By meaning 5
terrifying dangerous creature:
anti-social person, especially a criminal:
a prodigy:
something unusually large:
bizarre or whimsical creature:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
terrifying dangerous creature:

Origin

From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum

From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.

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