abnormally large
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 ]
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 ]