Monstrous /(mŏn"strŭs)/

Mon·strous

Monstrous

a.
  1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]
  2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.
    He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.
  3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
  4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
    So bad a death argues a monstrous life.
  5. Abounding in monsters. [R.]
    Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world.

Monstrous

adv.
  1. Exceedingly; very; very much.
    And will be monstrous witty on the poor.