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as in demons
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomalies
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giants
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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Recent Examples of monsters
The backstory flashbacks about an abusive father that suggest not all monsters have fangs?
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The collaboration kicks off a new Happy Meal, which includes a special box, one of 12 collectible character toys (two new characters will be rolled out every week); an activity book and a QR code that unlocks an interactive game that involves saving Hawkins from monsters.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
This allows for more action and more monsters — splendidly rendered — and more occasions for Eleven to use her superpowers.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
So many of my favorite filmmakers over the years have been exposed as monsters.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
No further films in the series are planned, though Universal did repurpose the name Dark Universe for an area of its Epic Universe theme park featuring the classic monsters.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The original Universal Monster movies are also quite tame by today’s standards, meaning that most of us have spent our lives seeing these monsters as family-friendly Halloween characters, not something to truly fear.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
Season three ends with the reveal that even if the characters manage to kill one of the monsters, the monsters will find a way to come back to life.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The collaboration kicks off a new Happy Meal, which includes a special box, one of 12 collectible character toys (two new characters will be rolled out every week); an activity book and a QR code that unlocks an interactive game that involves saving Hawkins from monsters.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
This allows for more action and more monsters — splendidly rendered — and more occasions for Eleven to use her superpowers.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
So many of my favorite filmmakers over the years have been exposed as monsters.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
No further films in the series are planned, though Universal did repurpose the name Dark Universe for an area of its Epic Universe theme park featuring the classic monsters.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The original Universal Monster movies are also quite tame by today’s standards, meaning that most of us have spent our lives seeing these monsters as family-friendly Halloween characters, not something to truly fear.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
Season three ends with the reveal that even if the characters manage to kill one of the monsters, the monsters will find a way to come back to life.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
Noun
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Sometimes, those personal demons will be the death of you.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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Still overcome with his own grief, Creasy must tuck his own demons away in an effort to care for a teenage girl whose life has suddenly been thrown into chaos.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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In this military facility designed to withstand a nuclear strike, data is collected from sensors across the far north monitoring everything from the seafloor all the way up to space, sifted for anomalies, and analyzed for threats such as shadow fleet ships and unidentified aircraft.—
Alan Crawford,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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On two of those flights, the Vulcan launcher suffered anomalies with one of its solid rocket boosters.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2026
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One person in Atlanta has appeared in his videos as Batman villains, for free, dressed in homemade costumes that look like they were ripped straight from the television or movies.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Her character joined several others who faced the wrath of Homelander and other villains.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the global memory crisis has worsened, forcing tech giants to pay up for the capacity needed to satisfy their data center ambitions.—
Jordan Novet,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dubbed the Flannel and the Fury, the tour brings together the alt-rock giants for the first time, with dates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Reaching more people Although Otarmeni treats mutations that make up about 1% to 3% of cases of genetic hearing loss at birth, doctors expect that the approval of the first gene therapy will spur more work and investment into the field, broadening treatment options in the future.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Cicada variant has the potential to reduce protection from a vaccine or previous infection because of the number of mutations.—
Eva Flowe
April 20,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed large vertebrate predators ruled ocean ecosystems — first fish and sharks, then marine reptiles, then whales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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