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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Wolf Man is directed and co-written by Leigh Whannell, who previously wrote and directed the hit reimagining of the classic Universal Studios monster movie The Invisible Man in 2020.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Like that Loch Ness monster, some would call me a legend.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Wolf Man is directed and co-written by Leigh Whannell, who previously wrote and directed the hit reimagining of the classic Universal Studios monster movie The Invisible Man in 2020.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Most monster planets are forged in catastrophe When Dong and her colleagues simulated what would happen if planets started out unusually large and kept growing into super-Jupiters.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
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Yet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism, scandal, and death from an overdose in 2012.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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As Ema pursues the truth, she is forced to confront her own demons.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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An anomaly in the tax code is that QCDs can be made by any traditional IRA owner who is age 70½ or older, but after recent law changes RMDs don’t begin until age 73.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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But that feels like an anomaly rather than something that’s going to happen with Snow White.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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As previously announced, Robert Downey Jr. will be back as the villain Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
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Tenoch Huerta Mejia Mejia debuted as the villain Namor in Wakanda Forever and was responsible for the death of Queen Romanda (Angela Bassett) in that film.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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Rodney Barnett and Vicky Stokes, the brother and mother of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who died in March 2024, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the aviation giant.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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And O’Neill, a two-time Oscar nominee, dismissed any talk about Silicon Valley giants needing fewer guardrails, and not more, to protect U.S. dominance in digital technologies against global competitors like China.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Goodbye millions of programmers, hello gigantic business savings.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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But Stanford is a rare school where even assistant coaches leaving doesn’t usually have a gigantic impact on recruiting.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The mutation appears to have arisen through reassortment, a genetic mixing process that occurs when influenza viruses exchange segments.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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His relatives who carry the mutation begin showing Alzheimer’s symptoms between ages 47 and 50.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Slinging a sports coat over his pajamas, Long pulls up to a curb and finds Tay (Dustin Nguyen), the Vietnamese speaker, plus two silent brutes, Eddie (Phi Vu) and Aden (Dali Benssalah), who muscle into his car and take over everything: the seating arrangements, the air freshener and their driver.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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