MONSTER


Meaning of MONSTER in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , giant , huge , large

▪ hideous , horrible , ugly

▪ bug-eyed , hairy

cheap sci-fi movies with bug-eyed ~s

▪ six-eyed , three-headed , etc.

▪ evil , heartless , inhuman

What sort of inhuman ~ could do such a thing?

▪ alien , mythical , prehistoric

▪ sea

VERB + MONSTER

▪ create ( often figurative )

The government has created a bureaucratic ~.

▪ battle , defeat , destroy , fight , kill , slay , vanquish ( often figurative )

He wanted to fight the ~ of poverty.

▪ be inhabited by

a barren wilderness inhabited by ~s

MONSTER + VERB

▪ attack sb/sth , devour sb/sth , kill sb/sth

▪ lurk

▪ growl , roar

II.

adj.

Monster is used with these nouns: ↑ storm , ↑ truck

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