0 any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange: --
the Loch Ness monster
prehistoric monsters
a sea monster
2 something that is very big, or too big: --
You should have seen the onions he grew for the competition - they were monsters!
3 very big: --
a monster housing development
4 to criticize someone severely or to treat someone very badly: --
Andy Smith has been monstered by the media.
5 any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange --
Transgressive terms for monsters and occult demiurges are another area in which the register is frankly an effort to come to grips with radical alterity.
Of course, monsters can be upbeat too, as other countless cases of supermen testify.
In the external world, how can colour pacify these internalized monsters?
Because ghosts are inextricable from what we already know, they are usually excluded from surveys of popular monsters.
The compound naeligshleo"um, used for a place where water monsters lie, could be envisaged as a headland with hollowed-out shelves.
Few people regularly worry about being chased by animals, monsters, aliens, or strangers, but they may nevertheless frequently dream about such events.
The threatening agents were wild animals, monsters, burglars, or nature forces such as storms, fires, or floods.
He also reported that many supposed these monsters to be spirits or devils, a point of view he did not quite endorse.
