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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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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 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 brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s capital is finally beginning to move on from these concrete monstrosities.
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 29 June 2025
Coop’s former family home, in a neighborhood where houses regularly cost eight figures, is a gray monstrosity, and parties in the community are occasions for exhausting one-upmanship.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Unlike Snow White and the Evil Queen, they’ve been fully animated into CGI monstrosities.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
The Bulls just worked their way out of the binding of a maximum contract after trading Zach LaVine, so there’s a sizable argument to make against tying themselves to another financial monstrosity.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 29 June 2025
Coop’s former family home, in a neighborhood where houses regularly cost eight figures, is a gray monstrosity, and parties in the community are occasions for exhausting one-upmanship.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Unlike Snow White and the Evil Queen, they’ve been fully animated into CGI monstrosities.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
The Bulls just worked their way out of the binding of a maximum contract after trading Zach LaVine, so there’s a sizable argument to make against tying themselves to another financial monstrosity.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
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Owl is powered by artificial intelligence to autonomously identify and classify threats or anomalies.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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In science, one is an anomaly and two might be coincidence, but three is a trend.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The enormous bones and monster jaws, the ridged backs and barbed tails.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Scott, in particular, is a perennial chart monster, with 2023’s Utopia debuting with nearly 500,000 units.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 July 2025
Noun
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This is a mess and the mess – not the whistleblowing – is endangering your job and your customer’s well-being.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Against this corporate financial quagmire, Wintour hasn’t made a complete mess of Vogue from a purely performance metric.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The legendary artist, whose first band's name was taken from a Mario Bava horror film starring Boris Karloff, will forever have a career shrouded in myth.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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The pair, who tied the knot in 2017, play a dysfunctional codependent couple in horror film Together directed by Michael Shanks.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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This mutation produces an abnormal transthyretin (TTR) protein that misfolds and forms amyloid deposits in the heart.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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The Social and Behavioral Challenges group had more mutations in genes that became active after birth, Litman and Troyanskaya say, which could explain why these participants did not have developmental delays and tended to be diagnosed later than those in the other three groups.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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No matter your landscaping preferences, an overgrown jungle is always an eyesore.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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Changing the biggest eyesore — a 17,000-seat stadium supporters concede is decades behind the times — won’t happen overnight, either.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Every day there is a new cut to programs that actually help people in need or a new atrocity like Alligator Alcatraz that promotes cruelty to other human beings.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 July 2025
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Israeli officials have repeatedly compared Hamas’ October 7 attacks to Nazi atrocities during World War II, homing in on the narrative that the conflict in Gaza is a war of survival.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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