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Antonyms for monstrous
ˈmɒn strəsmon·strous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
monstrous
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Antonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wiseSynonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wild
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
monstrous
Antonyms:
ordinary, familiar, unnoticeable, fair, comely, shapely, regular, natural, reasonable, justSynonyms:
prodigious, portentous, marvellous, deformed, abnormal, hideous, preposterous, intolerable
Princeton's WordNet
monstrousadjective
abnormally large
Antonyms:
small, good, beautiful, littleSynonyms:
grievous, atrocious, flagitious, grotesqueatrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousadjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
"murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Antonyms:
little, small, good, beautifulSynonyms:
frightful, serious, weighty, terrible, heinous, flagitious, horrible, heavy, abominable, unspeakable, grotesque, awful, grave, grievous, atrocious, ugly, life-threatening, dreadful, horrifying, dangerous, heartbreaking, severe, painful, heartrendinggrotesque, monstrousadjective
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
"tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"
Antonyms:
beautiful, little, small, goodSynonyms:
grotesque, flagitious, antic, fantastic, fantastical, atrocious, grievous
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How to use monstrous in a sentence?
Nietzsche said that All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity. Right now there is a renaissance, an awakening, we are breaking the narrative illusion, the mask, that eats away at the face.
When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.
On the very first day that the Democratic Majority held the gavel, the House of Representatives voted to intervene against Republicans' monstrous health care lawsuit to defend people with pre-existing conditions and the health care of all Americans, while The Trump administration on Monday broadens The Trump administration on Monday monstrous ambitions from destroying protections for pre-existing conditions to tearing down every last benefit and protection The Affordable Care Act provides, Democrats are fiercely defending the law of the land and protecting all Americans' health care.
Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
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#1635 | established | |
#1667 | fair | |
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#5494 | demonstrated | |
#5754 | logical | |
#8052 | rational | |
#12564 | sensible | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#36577 | undeniable | |
#45550 | infallible | |
#47678 | demonstrable | |
#60486 | indisputable | |
#61404 | shapely | |
#75166 | unquestionable | |
#80929 | comely | |
#105864 | incontrovertible | |
#127341 | sagacious | |
#146622 | unnoticeable | |
#148078 | incontestable | |
#173566 | indubitable |
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