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Noun

A strange, horrible, and often frightening being

Something or someone that grossly deviates from what is normal

An inhumanly cruel or wicked person

(sometimes used affectionately) A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child

A thing that is extremely or unusually large

A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature or monster

Adjective

Monstrously large in size

Famous, celebrated, or well-known

Verb

To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

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Noun

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A strange, horrible, and often frightening being

chimaera^UK

chimera^US

specter^US

spectre^UK

vapor^US

vapour^UK

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“It's just the monster under your bed. In your closet, in your head. Exit light, enter night.”

Noun

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Something or someone that grossly deviates from what is normal

chimera^US

chimaera^UK

exceptional occurrence

substantial difference

peculiar turn of events

discrepance

divarication

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“Dr. Victor Frankenstein tried to create life but would instead create a monster.”

Noun

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An inhumanly cruel or wicked person

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

public enemy number one

member of a criminal gang

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“Prosecutors were determined to put the inhuman monster behind bars for his heinous crimes.”

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(sometimes used affectionately) A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child

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“It was a quaint little nickname, but it actually suited my little monster perfectly.”

Noun

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A thing that is extremely or unusually large

“Dad and I managed to hook a real monster of a fish on that day.”

Noun

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A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living

Noun

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature or monster

Adjective

Monstrously large in size

out of all proportion

surplus to requirements

blown up out of all proportion

untrammeled^US

spreading like wildfire

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“There is a monster moose running loose on the highway!”

Adjective

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Famous, celebrated, or well-known

recognised^UK

recognized^US

honoured^UK

honored^US

lionized^US

lionised^UK

honourable^UK

honorable^US

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

unequalled^UK

unequaled^US

unrivalled^UK

unrivaled^US

with a good reputation

having made a name for oneself

worshipped^UK

worshiped^US

skilful^UK

skillful^US

canonized^US

of the highest quality

of the first water

top-grade

in a class all by itself

of the highest standard

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

never to be forgotten

favoured^UK

favored^US

publicized^US

publicised^UK

stamped on your memory

canonised^UK

authorized^US

realized^US

realised^UK

authorised^UK

civilized^US

in a league of their own

civilised^UK

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To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

excoriate

criticise^UK

criticize^US

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

remonstrate with

give someone a bollocking

give someone a telling-off

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a mouthful

give a talking-to

let someone have it

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give someone a rating

wig

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

give something a battering

give a piece of one's mind

blow up at

give someone a bad press

bite someone's head off

jump down one's throat

conduct a smear campaign against

jump down someone's throat

sully the reputation of

strongly criticize

snap someone's head off

blacken the reputation of

blacken someone's reputation

give something a bad press

weigh into

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

mete out punishment to

give someone a carpeting

come down on like a ton of bricks

send someone away with a flea in his

ostracize^US

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

ostracise^UK

give a tongue-lashing

minimize^US

minimise^UK

rap someone the knuckles

demonize^US

demonise^UK

trivialize^US

express disapproval of

find lacking

demean

nitpick over

kick up a stink about

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

trivialise^UK

express a poor opinion of

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

complain vociferously about

satirize^US

satirise^UK

moralise^UK

moralize^US

rap across the knuckles

express strong disapproval of

speak of with disfavour

think badly of

be unkind about

express disapprobation

blacken the character of

have a pop at

sling mud at

express disapprobation of

injure one's reputation

damage one's good name

hold someone to blame

express objections to

disagree violently with

make a protest against

kick against

make a stand against

put up a fight against

complain bitterly about

kick up

take great exception to

baulk^UK

balk^US

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