All monstrous synonyms
monΒ·strous
M m adj monstrous
- atrocious β If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- freakish β queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- obscene β offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- preposterous β completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- horrendous β shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- inhuman β lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- grotesque β odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- hideous β horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- vicious β addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- odious β deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- heinous β hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- gruesome β causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- infamous β having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- outrageous β of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- intolerable β not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- horrifying β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- huge β extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- impressive β having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- colossal β If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- magnificent β making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- immense β vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
- monumental β resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mammoth β any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- massive β consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- towering β very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- gigantic β very large; huge: a gigantic statue.
- gargantuan β gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.
- tremendous β extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- aberrant β Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- abnormal β Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- devilish β A devilish idea or action is cruel or unpleasant.
- diabolical β If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- disgraceful β bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- fiendish β diabolically cruel and wicked.
- flagitious β shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- foul β grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- hellish β of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
- loathsome β causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- macabre β gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- rank β Otto [awt-oh] /ΛΙt oΚ/ (Show IPA), 1884β1939, Austrian psychoanalyst.
- satanic β of Satan.
- scandalous β disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.