monster – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: imaginary being,
imaginary creature,
anomaly,
unusual person,
mutation,
sport,
variation,
mutant,
disagreeable person,
unpleasant person,
foetus,
fetus
monster
n.
large ugly creature; frightening legendary beast often having body shapes of different creatures (centaur, satyr, etc.); misshapen or deformed plant or animal; cruel person (Informal); large form of something
Monster
A
monster is any creature, usually found in
legends or
horror fiction, that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by its appearance and/or its actions. The word "monster" derives from
Latin monstrum, an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order.
monster
Noun
1. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
(hypernym) imaginary being, imaginary creature
(hyponym) bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger
2. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
(synonym) giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus
(hypernym) anomaly, unusual person
3. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
(synonym) freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae
(hypernym) mutant, mutation, variation, sport
(hyponym) leviathan
4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
(synonym) fiend, devil, demon, ogre
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) demoniac
5. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
(synonym) teras
(hypernym) fetus, foetus
(part-meronym) acardia
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
Monster (das)
n.
monster, frightening legendary beast often having body shapes of different creatures; large form of something
monster (het)
n.
monster, monstrosity, caliban, fiend
monsteren
v.
muster, pattern
