Careful Words

monstrous (adj.)

  Every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

I'll speak in a monstrous little voice.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.

What a monstrous tail our cat has got!

Henry Carey (1663-1743): The Dragon of Wantley. Act ii. Sc. 1.