Synonyms for monsters
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mon-ster |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn stər |
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Définition of monsters
Origin :- early 14c., "malformed animal or human, creature afflicted with a birth defect," from Old French monstre, mostre "monster, monstrosity" (12c.), and directly from Latin monstrum "divine omen, portent, sign; abnormal shape; monster, monstrosity," figuratively "repulsive character, object of dread, awful deed, abomination," from root of monere "warn" (see monitor (n.)). Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Extended by late 14c. to imaginary animals composed of parts of creatures (centaur, griffin, etc.). Meaning "animal of vast size" is from 1520s; sense of "person of inhuman cruelty or wickedness" is from 1550s. As an adjective, "of extraordinary size," from 1837. In Old English, the monster Grendel was an aglæca, a word related to aglæc "calamity, terror, distress, oppression."
- noun giant animal; supernatural being
- They all proceed thither; the scenery of the lake, and the monsters that dwell in it, are described.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- These monsters are meant for the gargoyles of a definite cathedral.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Now in sober truth there is a magnificent idea in these monsters of the Apocalypse.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Georgetown was abandoned; the monsters were in complete control.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- You must listen while I tell you how to clean up the monsters.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- But by next year a means will have been devised of destroying these monsters.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- Still some little distance from the monsters, he glanced back.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The monsters took their time, because they knew they were invincible.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- We hear the world wonder, every day, at monsters of ingratitude.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- On the road the monsters insisted on a ransom for the blood of her father.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
Antonyms for monsters
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