monster
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: games
gaming
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti
Proto-Italic *moneō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Proto-Italic *monestrom
Latin mōnstrumbor.
Old French monstrebor.
Middle English monstre
English monster
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.
Inflected forms:
form: monsters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: monstre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: monstre
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: monsters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: monstering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: monstered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: monstered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: monstre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
pos: noun
examples: O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.
[T]he monſter [sc. a tiger], rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.
He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.
His origin amongst monsters and man-eaters signals the play's recurrent concerns with monstrification, with eating others or being eaten by them, and with issues of specularity […]
“My flesh was not for feasting on,
there would be no monsters gnawing and gloating
over their banquet at the bottom of the sea.”
gloss: A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
pos: noun
examples: Get away from those children, you monster!
I'm not a monster, Tom, well, technically I am / I guess I am...
My young children leave their art everywhere. I find most of it on the floor. […] Eventually, I started throwing it all away. Perhaps I am a monster.
"Because of this monster, Jayme won't have her mom and dad at her dance recitals," Mike Closs, Jayme's uncle, said in court. Closs' aunt Jennifer Smith said the family was satisfied with the sentence and knew it would give Jayme peace.
So go and tell your friends that I'm a fucking monster / Sugar, spice and torture / Do it for the culture
gloss: A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
humorous
examples: Sit still, you little monster!
The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.
gloss: A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: That dude playing guitar is a monster.
He was a party monster. Able to drink and drug just about any member of the Fleetwood Mac family under the table, he did so with regularity and charm.
gloss: A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
Although she, for many years had waged continual war against rheumatism, her pleasant face shone like the full moon from under the white head-gear, while she had protected herself against any possible attack of the enemy by a multiplicity of petticoats and jackets; and as an outer fortification she had put on a monster of a frieze cloak.
The blacks had faded into the jungle before the weak eyes of the monster had fallen upon any of them, but now he caught the sound of their retreat, and, amid a terrific crashing of underbrush and branches, he charged in the direction of the noise.
Ashley: Look at the size of that ship!
Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet.
Joker: Well, size isn't everything.
Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker?
Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
Ashley: Look at that monster! It's main gun could rip through the barriers on any ship in the Alliance fleet.
gloss: A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
Deducting then these cases, we have a large proportion of imperfect foetuses, which belonged to twin conceptions, and in which, therefore, the circulation of the monster may have essentially depended on that of the sound child.
Cases of twins developed from one ovum, where one twin flourishes at the expense of its less fortunate partner, are not by any means uncommonly met with in veterinary practice. This is evidenced by the fairly frequent descriptions in veterinary periodicals of so-called "moles." It is not, therefore, with the idea of describing any monster of startling newness that I am tempted to record the anatomical peculiarities of one such anomaly; but rather because "moles," as described most commonly in veterinary journals, are viewed from the exterior only; their inner organisation being, for the most part, either ignored entirely, or treated of in a very cavalier manner. No doubt the external form and semblance of any monster is a matter of interest, but alone it is not satisfying; nor, indeed, is it always a trustworthy indication of the most important peculiarities of the organism. The outer architecture of a monster may be entirely misleading if taken too implicitly as a reflex of the internal furnishings. Especially is this the more likely to be the case when the malformation is great.
"Periodically, storms would bring the creeping death to the valley - drifting clouds of radio-active dust - and men would sicken and die and women give birth to monsters."
gloss: A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
pos: noun
tags: archaic
offensive
gloss: A bizarre or whimsical creature.
pos: noun
examples: The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.
gloss: A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
pos: noun
gloss: Very large; worthy of a monster.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: He has a monster appetite.
I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster."
How do you get more monster than a monster truck? You build a monster tank.
gloss: Great; very good; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”
Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.
gloss: To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations feature four cases of women monstered by passion. Madame Defarge is ‘a tigress’, Mrs Joe a virago, Molly (Estella′s criminal mother) ‘a wild beast tamed’ and Miss Havisham a witch-like creature, a ghastly combination of waxwork and skeleton.
The community forgives: this is in deep contrast to offenders that emerge from prison and remain stigmatised and monstered, often unable to get work or housing.
Demonizing or monstering other groups has even become part of the cycle of American politics.
gloss: To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷
The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied.
gloss: To harass.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
examples: Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: UK
examples: Are you monstering that event?
Related words: monstrous
monstrously
monstrose
Derived words: abominable snow monster
baby monster group
bemonster
blondster
bug-eyed monster
chest monster
Claremonster
cockmonster
Cookie Monster
corporate monster
Fischer–Griess Monster
flying spaghetti monster
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Frankenstein's monster
Gila monster
green-eyed monster
headless chicken monster
hopeful monster
little monster
Little Monster
Loch Ness Monster
mass monster
mermonster
monster boy
monster closet
monster-cock
monster cock
monstercock
monsterdom
monster erotica
monsterfest
monsterful
monster girl
monster group
Monster group
monster hand
monsterhood
monster-in-law
monsterise
monsterism
monsterization
monsterize
monsterkind
monsterless
monsterlet
monsterlike
monsterling
monsterly
Monster Mansion
monster mash
monster meeting
monster movie
monster of the week
monsterology
monster porn
monstership
monster truck
monster tumbleweed
monster under the bed
monstery
monstress
monstricide
monstriferous
monstrification
monstrify
monstrosity
Mother Monster
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
one-eyed monster
peaty monster
pocket monster
sea-monster
sea monster
semimonster
shag monster
snow monster
speckled monster
supermonster
the Loch Ness monster
Tully Monster
Tully monster
utility monster
water monster
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: monster
lang: Albanian
word: përbindësh
lang: Arabic
word: وَحْش
roman: waḥš
lang: Arabic
word: مسيخ
roman: masīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: وحش
roman: waḥš
lang: Armenian
word: հրեշ
roman: hreš
lang: Asturian
word: monstruu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nəhəng
lang: Azerbaijani
word: div
lang: Azerbaijani
word: əjdaha
lang: Azerbaijani
word: canavar
lang: Bangi
word: elima
lang: Basque
word: munstro
lang: Belarusian
word: пачва́ра
roman: pačvára
lang: Belarusian
word: страшы́дла
roman: strašýdla
lang: Belarusian
word: страхо́цце
roman: straxóccje
lang: Belarusian
word: страхо́цьце
roman: straxócʹcje
lang: Belarusian
word: мо́нстар
roman: mónstar
lang: Bengali
word: দানব
roman: danob
lang: Bengali
word: দৈত্য
roman: dōitto
lang: Bulgarian
word: чудо́вище
roman: čudóvište
lang: Burmese
word: ဧရာမသတ္တဝါကြီး
roman: erama.satta.wa-kri:
lang: Burmese
word: နတ်ဆိုး
roman: nathcui:
lang: Catalan
word: monstre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 妖怪
roman: yāoguài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 怪物
roman: guàiwu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魔鬼
roman: móguǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 妖物
roman: yāowù
lang: Czech
word: nestvůra
lang: Czech
word: příšera
lang: Czech
word: potvora
lang: Danish
word: uhyre
lang: Danish
word: monster
lang: Dutch
word: monster
lang: Esperanto
word: monstro
lang: Estonian
word: koletis
lang: Estonian
word: peletis
lang: Estonian
word: monstrum
lang: Finnish
word: hirviö
lang: French
word: monstre
lang: Galician
word: monstro
lang: Georgian
word: მონსტრი
roman: monsṭri
lang: Georgian
word: ურჩხული
roman: určxuli
lang: German
word: Monster
lang: German
word: Ungeheuer
lang: Greek
word: τέρας
roman: téras
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πέλωρον
roman: pélōron
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πέλωρ
roman: pélōr
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τέρας
roman: téras
lang: Haitian Creole
word: mons
lang: Hawaiian
word: tutua
lang: Hebrew
word: מִפְלֶצֶת
roman: miflétzet
lang: Hindi
word: राक्षस
roman: rākṣas
lang: Hindi
word: देव
roman: dev
lang: Hindi
word: दैत्य
roman: daitya
lang: Hindi
word: दानव
roman: dānav
lang: White Hmong
word: dab
lang: Hungarian
word: szörny
lang: Icelandic
word: ófreskja
lang: Icelandic
word: skrímsli
lang: Ido
word: monstro
lang: Indonesian
word: monster
lang: Irish
word: arracht
lang: Irish
word: ainmhí
lang: Irish
word: amhailt
lang: Italian
word: mostro
lang: Japanese
word: 怪物
lang: Japanese
word: モンスター
roman: monsutā
lang: Japanese
word: 化け物
lang: Japanese
word: 怪異
lang: Kazakh
word: құбыжық
roman: qūbyjyq
lang: Kazakh
word: жалмауыз
roman: jalmauyz
lang: Khmer
word: វិរូបកាយ
roman: viruupaʼkaay
lang: Khmer
word: វៃយរាពណ៍
roman: vɨyyĕəʼriəp
lang: Khmer
word: យក្ខ
roman: yĕək
lang: Khmer
word: បារ
roman: baa
lang: Korean
word: 괴물
roman: goemul
lang: Korean
word: 몬스터
roman: monseuteo
lang: Korean
word: 도깨비
roman: dokkaebi
lang: Central Kurdish
word: لاور
roman: lawr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: lawir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rawir
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ажыдаар
roman: ajıdaar
lang: Lao
word: ຜີເຜດ
roman: phī phēt
lang: Lao
word: ຜີສາດ
roman: phī sāt
lang: Lao
word: ຜີເສື້ອ
roman: phī sư̄a
lang: Latgalian
word: baisūņs
lang: Latin
word: bēlua
lang: Latin
word: mōnstrum
lang: Latvian
word: briesmonis
lang: Latvian
word: šausmonis
lang: Latvian
word: nezvērs
lang: Latvian
word: monstrs
lang: Lingala
word: elima
lang: Lithuanian
word: siaubūnas
lang: Lithuanian
word: pabaisa
lang: Lithuanian
word: monstras
lang: Lithuanian
word: baisūnas
lang: Macedonian
word: чудовиште
roman: čudovište
lang: Malagasy
word: sampona
lang: Malay
word: raksasa
lang: Māori
word: kaurehe
lang: Māori
word: tuoro
lang: Marathi
word: राक्षस
roman: rākṣas
lang: Mongolian
word: мангас
roman: mangas
lang: Norman
word: divèrs
lang: Norman
word: monstre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uhyre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: monster
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: uhyre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: monster
lang: Occitan
word: monstre
lang: Occitan
word: mostre
lang: Old English
word: þyrs
lang: Old English
word: fīfel
lang: Pashto
word: هيولا
roman: hayolã
lang: Pashto
word: دېو
roman: dew
lang: Pashto
word: دېب
roman: deb
lang: Iranian Persian
word: هَیولا
roman: hayulâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دیوْ
roman: div
lang: Iranian Persian
word: غول
roman: ġul
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Ontia
lang: Polish
word: potwór
lang: Polish
word: kreatura
lang: Polish
word: maszkara
lang: Polish
word: poczwara
lang: Polish
word: monstrum
lang: Polish
word: stwór
lang: Polish
word: straszydło
lang: Polish
word: potwora
lang: Polish
word: bestia
lang: Polish
word: bestyja
lang: Portuguese
word: monstro
lang: Romanian
word: monstru
lang: Russian
word: чудо́вище
roman: čudóvišče
lang: Russian
word: монстр
roman: monstr
lang: Russian
word: страши́лище
roman: strašílišče
lang: Russian
word: чу́дище
roman: čúdišče
lang: Russian
word: потво́р
roman: potvór
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: uile-bheist
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чу̏довӣште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: не̏ма̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čȕdovīšte
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȅmān
lang: Shor
word: шебелдей
roman: şebeldey
lang: Slovak
word: príšera
lang: Slovene
word: pošast
lang: Spanish
word: monstruo
lang: Spanish
word: vestiglo
lang: Swedish
word: monster
lang: Swedish
word: odjur
lang: Tagalog
word: halimaw
lang: Tajik
word: дев
roman: dev
lang: Tajik
word: ғул
roman: ġul
lang: Tajik
word: аъҷуба
roman: a'juba
lang: Tajik
word: аждахо
roman: aždaxo
lang: Tajik
word: аждар
roman: aždar
lang: Thai
word: สัตว์ประหลาด
roman: sàt-bprà-làat
lang: Thai
word: ปีศาจ
roman: bpii-sàat
lang: Thai
word: อสูร
roman: à-sǔun
lang: Thai
word: อสุรกาย
roman: à-sù-rá-gaai
lang: Thai
word: ปิศาจ
roman: bpì-sàat
lang: Turkish
word: canavar
lang: Turkish
word: öcü
lang: Turkish
word: dev
lang: Turkish
word: gulyabani
lang: Turkmen
word: gorkunç
lang: Ukrainian
word: чудо́висько
roman: čudóvysʹko
lang: Ukrainian
word: чу́дище
roman: čúdyšče
lang: Ukrainian
word: потво́ра
roman: potvóra
lang: Ukrainian
word: почва́ра
roman: počvára
lang: Ukrainian
word: чу́дисько
roman: čúdysʹko
lang: Ukrainian
word: монстр
roman: monstr
lang: Urdu
word: دیوْ
roman: dev
lang: Urdu
word: دَرِنْدَہ
roman: darinda
lang: Uyghur
word: مەخلۇق
roman: mexluq
lang: Uzbek
word: maxluq
lang: Vietnamese
word: quái vật
lang: Welsh
word: anghenfil
lang: Welsh
word: angenfilod
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאַרזעעניש
roman: farzeenish
lang: Afrikaans
word: monster
lang: Bulgarian
word: изверг
roman: izverg
lang: Catalan
word: monstre
lang: Finnish
word: hirviö
lang: Galician
word: monstro
lang: Greek
word: τέρας
roman: téras
lang: Irish
word: ainmhí
lang: Italian
word: mostro
lang: Māori
word: nauwhea
lang: Māori
word: nauhea
lang: Polish
word: potwór
lang: Russian
word: и́зверг
roman: ízverg
lang: Russian
word: чудо́вище
roman: čudóvišče
lang: Russian
word: монстр
roman: monstr
lang: Russian
word: не́людь
roman: néljudʹ