monster

noun

creature that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/ / /ˈmɑnstɚ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monster From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.

Very large; worthy of a monster.
“He has a monster appetite.”
“I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster."”
Great; very good; excellent.
““You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.””
“Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.”

name

A surname.
“And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.”

noun

A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
“O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.”
“[T]he monſter [sc. a tiger], rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.”
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
“Get away from those children, you monster!”
“I'm not a monster, Tom, well, technically I am / I guess I am...”
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
“Sit still, you little monster!”
“The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.”
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
“That dude playing guitar is a monster.”
“He was a party monster. Able to drink and drug just about any member of the Fleetwood Mac family under the table, he did so with regularity and charm.”
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
“Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.”
“Although she, for many years had waged continual war against rheumatism, her pleasant face shone like the full moon from under the white head-gear, while she had protected herself against any possible attack of the enemy by a multiplicity of petticoats and jackets; and as an outer fortification she had put on a monster of a frieze cloak.”
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
“The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.”
“Deducting then these cases, we have a large proportion of imperfect foetuses, which belonged to twin conceptions, and in which, therefore, the circulation of the monster may have essentially depended on that of the sound child.”
A creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).
A bizarre or whimsical creature.
“The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.”
A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob

verb

To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
“Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.”
“A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations feature four cases of women monstered by passion. Madame Defarge is ‘a tigress’, Mrs Joe a virago, Molly (Estella′s criminal mother) ‘a wild beast tamed’ and Miss Havisham a witch-like creature, a ghastly combination of waxwork and skeleton.”
To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
“In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷”
“The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied.”
To harass.
“Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.”
To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
“Are you monstering that event?”