Entry Word: monstrosity

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person, thing, or event that is not normal <any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study> — see freak 1
2 a strange or horrible and often frightening creature <filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities> — see monster 1
3 something unpleasant to look at <we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park> — see eyesore
4 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> — see horror 1
5 the state or quality of being utterly evil <the monstrosity of the terroristsʼ actions shocked the entire civilized world> — see enormity 1