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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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 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 Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 Even if Alex Murdaugh is a monster, how did South Carolina’s Low Country, with its good-ol’-boy networks and slipshod, glad-handing business practices, allow his monstrosity to flourish? — Literary Hub, 7 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 film stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, an amnesiac teacher on a solo mission to save Earth from a sun-draining anomaly.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Bobrovsky should still have tread on the tires, and maybe last season was an anomaly.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of anomaly
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  • Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • There’s no way the doll monsters at the pond were the whole point of the Lake of Tears, right?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • The coach inherited a mess and wiped the slate clean with 40-plus transfers.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Melting suet turns rancid fast and creates a mess of bird plumage.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Definition of mess
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  • Wingate weaves this historical horror with a modern-day mystery, illustrating the lasting trauma of children stolen for profit and the unbreakable bond of blood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • Now, will Hollywood actually learn anything from the success of the low-budget horror flick?
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 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
  • The virus spends approximately ten months of every year locked inside dormant mosquito eggs that overwinter beneath leaf litter and snow, with little to no viral replication, so few new mutations enter the population.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • That’s because Adamala’s team had to create genetic variation synthetically, instead of allowing for random mutations in DNA.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
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  • The idea behind [the brand] actually came from my graduation thesis on the concept of the grotesque.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
    — Adam Fox, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Definition of grotesque
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  • While some can look like eyesores in an otherwise handsome backyard, this one adds tons of charm.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • Most people have no idea their yard crew is creating an eyesore next door, and a friendly conversation often resolves the issue before anyone draws a line in the sand.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
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