monster

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any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange:

a sea monster

prehistoric monsters

the Loch Ness monster

a cruel person:

You'd have to be a monster to hit a child like that.

something that is very big, or too big:

You should have seen the onions he grew for the competition - they were monsters!

very big:

a monster housing development

to criticize someone severely or to treat someone very badly:

Andy Smith has been monstered by the media.

any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange

a person who does very cruel and evil acts:

To the whole world, he was a monster.

very big, or too big:

a monster shark