Frankensteins

Definition of Frankensteinsnext
plural of Frankenstein

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Noun
  • As Amadeus’ brilliance continues to flourish in spite of his personal demons, a questionable reputation and scepticism from the conservative court, Salieri becomes increasingly tormented by this apparent divine gift.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But when demons threaten to destroy the City of Immortals, her former lord Indra begs her to return—or else lose both Kaushika and her identity as an apsara.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The hulking remains of ARC monstrosities sit amongst the ruins of our world, now peaceful and overgrown with nature.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • There's also aliens or monsters or some other supernatural entity out to get them.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
    William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, compared with the realistically creased faces and hangdog stares of the Cubs, the Boston fans behind them are closer to grotesques, an inhuman crush of caricatures.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Many movies tried to recreate its magic mixture, including some of its own sequels, but few achieved the merry concoction of frights, gore, and giggles that Craven handled so masterfully.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As in Pillion and elsewhere, Melling imbues a premise’s potential grotesqueries with real and specific feelings.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The abundance of these grotesqueries was almost stranger than their existence.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Frankensteins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Frankensteins. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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