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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
Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Guillermo del Toro built a monster in Toronto, so four soundstages on the city’s waterfront have been renamed for the horror meister ahead of his latest movie, Frankenstein, lurching onto Netflix in November.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
EW.com, 8 May 2025
The Ducks are currently going through a somewhat monster renovation of the Honda Center at a cost of $1 billion.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
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Noun
The first cover shows Godzilla towering over the Kansas City Convention Center, Municipal Auditorium and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, and the second shows the monster engulfing the Kansas City skyline in a blue flame, including Union Station.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Guillermo del Toro built a monster in Toronto, so four soundstages on the city’s waterfront have been renamed for the horror meister ahead of his latest movie, Frankenstein, lurching onto Netflix in November.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Adjective
The film wastes little time getting to the action, which is great for kaiju fans who prefer less human yapping and more monster slapping.
—EW.com, 8 May 2025
The Ducks are currently going through a somewhat monster renovation of the Honda Center at a cost of $1 billion.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
Noun
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It was emptied of us and, therefore, full of dunes and demons, bogs and bleeding trees.—
Devon Walker-Figueroa,
The New York Review of Books,
3 July 2025
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Things become messy when a popular rival boy band – The Saja Boys – are revealed to be demons.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Owl is powered by artificial intelligence to autonomously identify and classify threats or anomalies.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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In science, one is an anomaly and two might be coincidence, but three is a trend.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 July 2025
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The film is currently filming in London with Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind the highest-grossing MCU movies ever, back behind the camera; Downey now playing the chief villain; and a slew of stars from the lost era of Fox's X-Men movies reprising their roles for the first time in years.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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In 1994, Hogan joined WCW and reinvented himself as a villain, forming the New World Order (nWo) and ushering in a new era of edgy storytelling.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The country had turned against Argentine manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino and there was little hope that the CONCACAF giants would progress from Group C that featured Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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In May, a German court threw out a case between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant RWE RWEG.DE, but his lawyers and environmentalists said the case, which dragged on for a decade, was still a victory for climate cases that could bring similar lawsuits.—
Stephanie van den Berg,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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As the creature lowers a gigantic foot to squash the dog, Superman swoops in to save the precious pup.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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These few minutes with the whale sharks are the culmination of a year’s planning, a gigantic logistical effort to shadow a giant.—
Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
Noun
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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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Genetic testing helps identify underlying mutations or abnormalities in genes.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2025
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But the study builds on existing evidence that over time, mutations in these pathogens helped strengthen the immune systems of the nomads that were among the first to get sick, while more stagnant farmers and hunter-gatherers succumbed to the new diseases.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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King's polo playing husband, Bill Mitchell — who went on to become a director for Texaco — became the model for Daisy’s rich brute of a husband, Tom Buchanan.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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This freshly re-imagined Jag is worlds apart from that old German brute, but was similar in the sense of feeling wonderfully light and responsive, and utilizing hydraulic fluid to power its steering.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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