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MONSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Synonyms:
monster; teras
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
fetus; foetus (an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal)
Meronyms (parts of "monster"):
acardia (congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters))
acephalia; acephalism; acephaly (absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters))
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
bogeyman; booger; boogeyman; bugaboo; bugbear (an imaginary monster used to frighten children)
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Synonyms:
freak; lusus naturae; monster; monstrosity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
mutant; mutation; sport; variation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
leviathan (the largest or most massive thing of its kind)
Derivation:
monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Synonyms:
behemoth; colossus; giant; goliath; monster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)
Derivation:
monstrous (abnormally large)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Synonyms:
demon; devil; fiend; monster; ogre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
demoniac (someone who acts as if possessed by a demon)
Derivation:
monstrous (shockingly brutal or cruel)
Context examples:
How otherwise could he have seen the monster which he sketched in his notebook?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
NGTS-1b was difficult to find, despite being a monster of a planet, because its parent star is small and faint.
(Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews)
To England, then, I conveyed her; a fearful voyage I had with such a monster in the vessel.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
We had a charming time poking about the ruins, the vaults where the monster tun is, and the beautiful gardens made by the elector long ago for his English wife.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The new study concerns supermassive black hole binaries — systems of two of these cosmic monsters.
(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)
When I came again to myself the monster had pulled himself together, his crutch under his arm, his hat upon his head.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“He's a monster of meanness!” said my aunt.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Monster black holes sometimes lurk behind gas and dust, hiding from the gaze of most telescopes.
(Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard, NASA)
The monster black hole is located 15,000 light-years from Earth and has been named LB-1 by the researchers.
(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Did the monster galaxy gobble up much smaller satellite galaxies over time?
(Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy, NASA)
