Monstrous and Strange

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Monstrous adjective - Badly or imperfectly formed.

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

Nearby Words: monster, monstrosity, monstrously

Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

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Monstrous and strange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Monstrous" instead an adjective "Strange".

Nearby Words: strangeness, stranger, strangely

What was percieved as strange and monstrous later became acceptable and safe, mostly by being watered down in subsequent adaptations.

Source: Comic Book / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
In his nightmarish dreams he also sees the strange, undergound city of Midian and its monstrous inhabitants, feeling a strange pull towards it.

Source: Film / Nightbreed
In a strange case of graphical Flanderization, Kingdok from Bone gets more monstrous each issue.

Source: Flanderization / Comic Books

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