late Middle English (in the sense strange or unnatural): from Old French monstreuxor Latin monstrosus, from monstrum(see monster). Current senses date from the 16th cent
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noun
1.abnormally large
2.shockingly brutal or cruel;
murder is an atrocious crime
3.distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous;
tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas