01 a. Marvelous; strange.
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Marvelous; strange.[Obs.]
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Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.“He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.” — Jer. Taylor.
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Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
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Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.“So bad a death argues a monstrous life.” — Shak.
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Abounding in monsters.[R.]“Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.” — Milton.