" monstrously "

1: beyond a normal or acceptable limit;

  * e.g., " ... our team wasn't merely bad—we were monstrously inept "

•  Synonyms : 

•  devilishly,

•  excessively,

•  exorbitantly,

•  inordinately,

•  intolerably,

•  overly,

•  overmuch,

•  too,

•  unacceptably,

•  unduly

•  Antonyms : 

•  deficiently,

•  inadequately,

•  insufficiently

2: to a large extent or degree;

  * e.g., " ... a monstrously expensive movie that nearly bankrupted the studio "

•  Synonyms : 

•  astronomically,

•  big-time,

•  broadly,

•  colossally,

•  considerably,

•  enormously,

•  extensively,

•  greatly,

•  highly,

•  hugely,

•  largely,

•  massively,

•  monumentally,

•  much,

•  sizably,

•  staggeringly,

•  stupendously,

•  tremendously,

•  utterly,

•  vastly

•  Antonyms : 

•  little,

•  negligibly,

•  nominally,

•  slightly

1: badly or imperfectly formed;

  * e.g., " ... a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat "

•  Synonyms : 

•  deformed,

•  distorted,

•  malformed,

•  misshapen,

•  shapeless

•  Antonyms : 

•  undeformed

2: extremely disturbing or repellent;

  * e.g., " ... the monstrous measures taken by the dictator against anyone who opposed his regime "

•  Synonyms : 

•  appalling,

•  atrocious,

•  awful,

•  dreadful,

•  frightful,

•  ghastly,

•  grisly,

•  gruesome,

•  hideous,

•  horrendous,

•  horrible,

•  horrid,

•  horrific,

•  horrifying,

•  lurid,

•  macabre,

•  nightmare,

•  nightmarish,

•  shocking,

•  terrible,

•  terrific

•  Antonyms : 

•  bantam,

•  bitty,

•  diminutive,

•  infinitesimal,

•  Lilliputian,

•  little bitty,

•  micro,

•  microminiature,

•  microscopic,

•  midget,

•  miniature,

•  minuscule,

•  minute,

•  pocket,

•  pygmy,

•  teensy,

•  teensy-weensy,

•  teeny,

•  teeny-weeny,

•  tiny,

•  wee

3: unusually large;

  * e.g., " ... a monstrous tomato as big as a basketball "

•  Synonyms : 

•  astronomical,

•  Brobdingnagian,

•  bumper,

•  colossal,

•  cosmic,

•  cyclopean,

•  elephantine,

•  enormous,

•  galactic,

•  gargantuan,

•  giant,

•  gigantesque,

•  gigantic,

•  grand,

•  herculean,

•  heroic,

•  Himalayan,

•  huge,

•  humongous,

•  immense,

•  jumbo,

•  king-size,

•  leviathan,

•  mammoth,

•  massive,

•  mega,

•  mighty,

•  monster,

•  monumental,

•  mountainous,

•  oceanic,

•  pharaonic,

•  planetary,

•  prodigious,

•  super,

•  super-duper,

•  supersize,

•  supersized,

•  titanic,

•  tremendous,

•  vast,

•  vasty,

•  walloping,

•  whacking,

•  whopping

•  Antonyms : 

•  aesthetic,

•  attractive,

•  beauteous,

•  beautiful,

•  bonny,

•  comely,

•  cute,

•  drop-dead,

•  fair,

•  fetching,

•  good-looking,

•  goodly,

•  gorgeous,

•  handsome,

•  knockout,

•  lovely,

•  pretty,

•  ravishing,

•  seemly,

•  sightly,

•  stunning,

•  taking,

•  well-favored