Monstrous and Silly

Monstrous

Monstrous adjective - Badly or imperfectly formed.

Silly and monstrous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Monstrous".

Nearby Words: monster, monstrosity, monstrously

Silly

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

Monstrous and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Monstrous" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Teenagers from Outer Space has the hysterically silly Gargon sequence, which comes after the monstrous rampage but before the big finale.
  • Batman Can Breathe in Space Plus, Merrick's Ranger form is named for the LUNAR wolf... which stops being silly when you consider the lifeforce of his monstrous Org alter ego Zen-Aku is bound to the moon's own ecosystem.
  • Funetik Aksent The Jägermonsters (monstrous-looking soldiers transformed by Mad Science) in Phil Foglio's steampunk comic Girl Genius have silly "Germanic"-sounding phonetic accents.
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