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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Eriksson Ek had a monster game in the circle, winning 21 of 31.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
One scene that was tough was the Scary Patty sequence, where Patty turns into a monster.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Eriksson Ek had a monster game in the circle, winning 21 of 31.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Most monster planets are forged in catastrophe When Dong and her colleagues simulated what would happen if planets started out unusually large and kept growing into super-Jupiters.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
Noun
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Between cases, Harvey confronted his demons and by the series’ 2019 finale was a married man headed to Seattle to reunite with his sidekick to do some legal good for the little guys.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Based on a book inspired by Chinese mythology, Ne Zha 2 tells the story of Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans who is hunting for a magical potion to reanimate his friend, the dragon prince Ao Bing, whose body has been destroyed by a lightning strike.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Ongoing debate The Sierra Nevada has been a topic of debate for decades in the geology community due to an anomaly found within the mantle located underneath the Great Valley.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Uncomfortable spots don’t seem to exist for Denver’s anomaly of a center, though.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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Children meet superheroes and villains, engage with games and movies, and are greeted by staff in costume.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The soul patch, villain, and walrus facial hair all work with masks while mutton chops and chin curtain don’t.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Google abused its dominance to suppress competition in some digital advertising markets, a court has found in a ruling that could lead to the tech giant being forced to sell off parts of its business.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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The reality series debuted its first season on the streaming giant (and ninth season overall) on March 12.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Bucks predictably got a massive game from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who scored 36 points to go with 12 rebounds, but the absence of their point guard, Lillard, was a gigantic blow.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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But seeing the slow nature of gigantic bureaucratic machines such as these, this is not enough to move beyond policy to practice.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Some of the beasts may have developed frightening mutations.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 2007 Hazen collaborated with Szostak to write a computer simulation (opens a new tab) involving algorithms that evolve via mutations.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Slinging a sports coat over his pajamas, Long pulls up to a curb and finds Tay (Dustin Nguyen), the Vietnamese speaker, plus two silent brutes, Eddie (Phi Vu) and Aden (Dali Benssalah), who muscle into his car and take over everything: the seating arrangements, the air freshener and their driver.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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