having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster
丑陋的;可怕的
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monstrous, bug-eyed fish. 眼睛暴突的怪鱼。
(of a person or an action)inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong
(人,行为)邪恶的,骇人听闻的
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he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent 他不可爱,他邪恶又暴虐
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it is a monstrous waste of money. 这样浪费钱是骇人听闻的。
extremely and dauntingly large
巨大的,庞大的
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the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside. 巨潮淹没了周围乡村。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural’): from Old French