1. An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
   "The Greek myth describes a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man"
    
2. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
   "The tech company had become a monster in the industry";
   - giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus, Goliath
    
3. A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
   "The two-headed calf was considered a monster by the local farmers";
   - freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae [archaic]
    
4. A cruel wicked and inhuman person
   "The monster showed no remorse for his heinous crimes";
   - fiend, devil, demon, ogre
    
5. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable foetus
   "The medical textbook contained historical references to monsters";
   - teras

1. Subject to strong criticism; give a hard time; heavily defeat
   "The mainstream media has monstered me for the past five years"; "they were monstered in the local elections"

Derived forms: monstered, monstering, monsters

Type of: anomaly, disagreeable person, fetus, foetus [Brit, Cdn], imaginary being, imaginary creature, mutant, mutation, sport, unpleasant person, unusual person, variation

Encyclopedia: Monster, South Holland