monstrosity

noun

män-ˈsträ-sə-tē How to pronounce monstrosity (audio)
Definition of monstrositynext
1
as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study

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2
as in monster
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities

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3
as in mess
something unpleasant to look at we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park

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as in horror
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay the monstrosity of the famine can scarcely be conveyed to those who have not witnessed it in person

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as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world

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Recent Examples of monstrosity The episode mostly deals with Hank’s freakout over the electric truck and panicking over what his friends and neighbors would think of him owning such a monstrosity. — Rafael Motamayor, Variety, 24 June 2026 Take the gentrified monstrosity that is Ikseondong, another central Seoul neighborhood that once anchored the gay community. — Anton Hur, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026 Alan Galbraith stitched together this monstrosity in 2009. — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 24 May 2026 Oh, and who could forget how the monstrosity known as Doomsday is turned into a Jekyll and Hyde paramedic named Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer), while Zod (Callum Blue) borrows a page out of Captain Howdy's playbook by possessing Lex's body. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for monstrosity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
  1. anomaly
  2. monster
  3. mess
  4. horror
  5. badness
  6. mutation
  7. grotesque
  8. eyesore
Noun
  • The sound of the band is an anomaly, even within the obscure parameters of underground Latin.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The oversize dive and pilot’s watches of the 1990s and early 2000s were an anomaly, and recent years have seen a return to more sensible proportions.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of anomaly
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  • Hugh Jackman plays the titular monster hunter, who is sent to destroy Dracula.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
  • There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • The defense was organized and rebounded well from some early breakdowns on stretch running plays, and Petrino’s offense doesn’t look like the mess Freddie Kitchens’ group was last year.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In another drawing, a Cubist mess of igloos and sandcastles lay in a heap.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of mess
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  • After a four-year absence from British television following a horror crash involving former host Andrew Flintoff, the BBC said that work is underway on a new season.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Paranormal Activity, the play, builds to the sort of slick and grisly finale that would be just right for the end of a cruel horror movie, but that lands awkwardly onstage.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of horror
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  • On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.
    — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of badness
Noun
  • In people with the natural mutation, every cell in the body has the deactivated ANGPTL3 gene.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • High doses of radiation damage DNA and can cause mutations that lead to cancer.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutation
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  • The grotesque offers a reprieve—if not liberation, then at least a means of expression.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The idea behind [the brand] actually came from my graduation thesis on the concept of the grotesque.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Definition of grotesque
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  • Tomorrowland has become such an eyesore that even Disneyland President Jill Estorino recognized its negative press at a pre-D23 media event.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The elevated highway was a congested eyesore that physically divided Boston’s urban center.
    — Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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