Monstrous
Monstrous adjective - Badly or imperfectly formed.
Usage example: a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat
Terrible is a synonym for monstrous in unnatural topic. In some cases you can use "Terrible" instead an adjective "Monstrous", when it comes to topics like property, brutal, vile, horrendous. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- enormous and monstrous
- enormous and terrible
- outrageous and monstrous
- outrageous and terrible
- abominable and monstrous
- abominable and terrible
- heinous and monstrous
- heinous and terrible
- hideous and monstrous
- hideous and terrible
- ugly and monstrous
- ugly and terrible
- atrocious and monstrous
- atrocious and terrible
Both words in one sentence
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In the sequel, Lamb's version of "the greater good" is ultimately as monstrous and terrible as Ryan's philosophy, and she's just as willing to cast those ideals aside (and screw the rest) when it comes to saving herself.
Source: Video Game / BioShock - There is also the hunter Gordon, who it seems every time he pops up tells a tale of how he killed/tortured a monstrous or possessed woman, just to show how terrible a person he is.
Source: Men Are the Expendable Gender - Is it true that the offspring of their king and queen has terrible powers of a sorceress, and that the source of her monstrous powers are her hair?
Source: Oblivious Mockery
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