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Monster — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  • fiend noun An evil or demonic being; by extension, a cruel or wicked person.
  • monster noun A frightening, dangerous creature, often imaginary or mythical.
  • ogre noun A large, ugly, monstrous creature in folklore, known for its brutish strength and appetite for humans.

Senses

Monster is used for these senses in English:

  • animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  • fiend A very evil person.
  • monster A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
  • ogre (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • ogre (figuratively) A cruel person.

animal — full definition

  1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
  3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
  4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

fiend — full definition

  1. noun An evil or demonic being; by extension, a cruel or wicked person.
  2. noun Informal: someone with an intense, almost obsessive enthusiasm for something.

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