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Definition of monstrosity
monstrosities
1a : a malformation of a plant or animalb : something deviating from the normal : freak
2 : the quality or state of being monstrous the monstrosity of the tsunami's devastation
3a : an object of great and often frightening size, force, or complexity this monstrosity, the atomic bombb : an excessively bad or shocking example The new mall is an architectural monstrosity.
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Examples of monstrosity in a Sentence
Did you see the new mall? It's a monstrosity.
any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study
Recent Examples of monstrosity from the Web
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Massive blowback in the next 48 hours will determine the fate of this immoral monstrosity.
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Her stoic breakdown in the face of evil Cooper's interior monstrosity.
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Clevo doesn't have a great track record with thin-and-light laptops, instead creating 17-inch monstrosities that often get rebranded and sold on by the likes of Scan.
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But by far their biggest draw was a caloric monstrosity the likes of which has never been seen.
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With that much power, this metal monstrosity could still travel roughly 25 miles per hour.
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The official world record biggest wave remains a 62-foot-tall monstrosity that was measured in the North Atlantic on Feb 4, 2013, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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That constitutional monstrosity flowed directly from neo-Confederate ideology.
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Ritchie's stylized action sequences frequently employ techniques like slow motion, but the mix of gritty battles and CGI monstrosities never meshes.
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First Known Use of monstrosity
15th century
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: something (such as a building) that is very large and ugly
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: something that is large and ugly
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