Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.

  2. (intransitive)To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.

  3. (Australia)To harass.

  4. (UK)To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.

    Are you monstering that event?

Examples

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

    Це неправда, що Том бачив монстра. — deniko

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

    Це неправда, що Том бачив монстра. — deniko

    ruЭто неправда, что Том видел монстра. — Selena777

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

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

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

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

  4. I'm not a monster.

    Я не монстр! — deniko

    ruЯ не монстр. — odexed

    deIch bin kein Ungeheuer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is still afraid of monsters.

    Том досі боїться чудовиськ. — deniko

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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Forms

monsters, monstering, monstered, monstered
Base formmonster · to monster
3rd person singularmonsters
Present participlemonstering
Past simplemonstered
Past participlemonstered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymonster
he, she, itmonsters

Past simpleLesson

all personsmonstered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave monstered
he, she, ithas monstered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill monster

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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