Frankensteins

noun

plural of Frankenstein
as in bogeymen

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  1. demons
  2. monstrosities
  3. monsters
  4. grotesques
  5. frights
  6. grotesqueries
  7. banshees
  8. ogres
Noun
  • Kirby Smart is hoping to exorcise some of the Crimson Tide demons that have followed him during his time as the Bulldogs head coach.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Dracula has been defeated for good, but his castle has plunked itself down in Paris and all sorts of demons — not to mention Joan of Arc — are on the loose.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of demons
Noun
  • This is how the monstrosities of myth can become a means of revelation.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of monstrosities
Noun
  • Next week, find out how monsters, ghouls and slashers can also mean big bucks.
    — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The story begins in 1990, when John Eng, an endocrinologist at the Veterans Administration, isolated a peptide from the venom of Gila monsters, the nearly two-foot-long lizards native to the Southwest.
    — Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
    — Adam Fox, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of grotesques
Noun
  • Co-directors Matthias Clausen and Marc Andersen have created all kinds of studies into what keeps people coming back for frights.
    — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • There are also family activities, fall brews to sip, and food trucks to keep you fueled for the frights.
    — Michelle Mastro, Midwest Living, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of frights
Noun
  • The anti-catalog exposed, after the fact of the Bicentennial, the grotesqueries of corporate beneficence and private boosters that had supplemented the government’s project.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Neill Blomkamp has yet to top District 9, but this one comes closest to matching his debut’s wry social commentary and borderline-comedic grotesqueries.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of grotesqueries
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
Definition of banshees
Noun
  • Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.
    — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Definition of ogres
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