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Monster (Noun)

A cruel wicked and inhuman person.

Nouns denoting people.

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.

Nouns denoting people.

The villagers believed the child born with six fingers on each hand was a monster, a creature sent by the gods to punish them for their sins.
The scientist's experiment went horribly wrong, creating a monster of a creature with razor-sharp claws and teeth.
The old man was a monster of a man, with a hump on his back and a twisted leg that made him limp.
The villagers shunned the woman with the severe facial deformity, calling her a monster and refusing to let her near their children.
The freak show at the carnival featured a monster of a man, a giant with a grotesque tumor on his forehead that made him look like a creature from a nightmare.

An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts.

Nouns denoting people.

(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.

Nouns denoting animals.

The physician carefully examined the ultrasound images, realizing with a heavy heart that the fetus was a monster and would not survive outside the womb.
The ancient Greeks were fascinated by myths of monstrous births, often using them to explain rare congenital abnormalities.
The fetus's extreme deformities led the doctor to suspect that it was a monster, a prognosis that was later confirmed through genetic testing.
Historically, births of monsters were often seen as omens or punishments from the gods, but modern medicine recognizes them as unfortunate natural occurrences.
In medical terminology, the term "monster" is sometimes still used to describe a fetus with severe and often incompatible with life congenital abnormalities.