monsterˈmɒn stər
monster (n)
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- monsters
monster
English Definitions:
monster (noun)
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus (noun)
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae (noun)
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre (noun)
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
monster, teras (noun)
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
monster (Noun)
A terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature.
monster (Noun)
A bizarre or whimsical creature.
monster (Noun)
An extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
monster (Noun)
A horribly deformed person.
monster (Noun)
A badly behaved child, a brat.
monster (Noun)
Something unusually large.
monster (Noun)
A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
monster (Verb)
To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
monster (Verb)
To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
monster (Verb)
To harass.
monster (Adjective)
Very large; worthy of a monster.
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. The word usually connotes something wrong or evil; a monster is generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or a freak of nature. It can also be applied figuratively to a person with similar characteristics like a greedy person or a person who does horrible things. However, the root of 'monstrum' is 'monere'—which does not only mean to warn, but also to instruct, and forms the basis of the modern English demonstrate. Thus, the monster is also a sign or instruction. This benign interpretation was proposed by Saint Augustine, who did not see the monster as inherently evil, but as part of the natural design of the world, a kind-of deliberate category error.
Monster
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants, ghosts and spirits, zombies or cannibals, among other things. They may or may not have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process. Animal monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice to Poseidon the white bull which the god sent him, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with the bull. She copulates with the beast, and gives birth to the man with a bull's head, the Minotaur). Human monsters are those who by birth were never fully human (Medusa and her Gorgon sisters) or who through some supernatural or unnatural act lost their humanity (werewolves, Frankenstein's monster), and so who can no longer, or who never could, follow the moral law of human society. Monsters may also be depicted as misunderstood and friendly creatures who frighten individuals away without wanting to, or may be so large, strong and clumsy that they cause unintentional damage or death. Some monsters in fiction are depicted as mischievous and boisterous but not necessarily threatening (such as a sly goblin), while others may be docile but prone to becoming angry or hungry, thus needing to be tamed and taught to resist savage urges, or killed if they cannot be handled or controlled successfully. Monsters pre-date written history, and the academic study of the particular cultural notions expressed in a society's ideas of monsters is known as monstrophy. Monsters have appeared in literature and in feature-length films. Well-known monsters in fiction include Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, werewolves, vampires, demons, mummies, and zombies.
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