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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
Jam must reckon with the stories she’s been told of the past and present and discover remaining monstrosities that the adults are unable, or unwilling, to see.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
At the behest of her beloved Grandmama, Wednesday visits Rosaline’s grave in the hopes of restoring her psychic sight and tracking down Tyler’s monstrosity of a family.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
Those fans who played the previous games will notice that these monstrosities look familiar and have similar movement and tendencies as the original games.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement.
—Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
At the behest of her beloved Grandmama, Wednesday visits Rosaline’s grave in the hopes of restoring her psychic sight and tracking down Tyler’s monstrosity of a family.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
Those fans who played the previous games will notice that these monstrosities look familiar and have similar movement and tendencies as the original games.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement.
—Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
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The odds of an anomaly that looks like colon cancer on a scan are long ones, but this was a jackpot Walker did not mind hitting.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Among the tasks included in that program are real-time monitoring for high-risk spending activity and better tracking of spending anomalies by students or vendors, according to Smith.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Sep. 2025
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Warren returned, had a monster season and was drafted 14th overall in April by the Colts.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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When the behavior is incorrect, words can ignite something terrible in someone else and that monster can just grow and grow.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Bissell Featherweight Cordless Stick Vacuum The vacuum also converts into a handheld device, which is a total game changer for cleaning above-floor messes, couch cushions, baseboards, and spots where my apartment loves to collect dust bunnies.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Compression Packing Cubes Tripped Large Packing Cube Set Compression packing cubes save so much space and keep your suitcase from becoming a mess by day two.—
Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Arisu watches in horror as Ryuji takes a gun out of his pocket and points it at Usagi, who has crumbled to the ground in devastation.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Variety is thrilled to present the first-ever Hollywood & Horror on October 15 in Los Angeles, an evening cocktail event celebrating excellence in horror entertainment and the unique fandom surrounding this ever-expanding film and TV genre.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The supplement helps repair DNA damage from UV exposure, lowering the chances of cancerous mutations.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
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By swapping out a handful of amino acids at the base of the antibody stem—called the YTE mutation—the researchers extended the half-life from approximately 20 days for palivizumab to around 70 days for the D25 antibody.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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While some people expressed excitement about the new look for a key Broad Ripple entrance, others called the sculpture grotesque.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 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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For some 40 years, the land has sat unused, generating little tax revenue and posing as an eyesore.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
24 Sep. 2025
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The evening news reported on atrocities committed by Russian forces in Chechnya and on corruption schemes that implicated top officials in the Kremlin.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge atrocities in the late 1970s were recognized as genocide against the Cham and Vietnamese minorities, with convictions at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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