monstrous

adj 1: abnormally large

2: 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" [syn: {atrocious},

{flagitious}, {grievous}, {heinous}]

3: 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"

[syn: {grotesque}, {unnatural}]