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as in anomalies
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 monsters
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities
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Recent Examples of monstrosities
What could be better than fighting off hordes of alien monstrosities?
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.
—Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
The latter being especially notable in one of the later levels, which is infested by body-horror-type monstrosities, as their screams are genuinely unnerving.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 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
The Ed Gein Story doesn’t want to leave anything to the imagination, but also wants to criticize viewers for fixating on and becoming increasingly desensitized to monstrosities.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.
—Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
The latter being especially notable in one of the later levels, which is infested by body-horror-type monstrosities, as their screams are genuinely unnerving.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 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
The Ed Gein Story doesn’t want to leave anything to the imagination, but also wants to criticize viewers for fixating on and becoming increasingly desensitized to monstrosities.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosities
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Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the new study, the team hunted for similar potassium anomalies in Earth's oldest and deepest rocks.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The project chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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As her fight for sobriety deepens, the line between inner demons and real monsters, blurs, culminating in a harrowing battle for survival and redemption.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Regularly wiping down all surfaces, including countertops, the stovetop, backsplash, walls, cabinets, and any other surfaces, can help eliminate any food splatters, residual grease, or other messes that could be contributing to a less-than-fresh-smelling space.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Its hot water function makes quick work of sticky messes on the floor (a godsend in my house, since my kids have taken to tipping plates with maple syrup onto the floor) and the steam cleaning setting easily clears deeper stains and eliminates odors.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Related diseases come from isotopes in the nuclear fallout that can penetrate the human body and cause mutations in DNA, according to a 2024 paper from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Each species’ genome contains billions of base pairs, and even small mutations (a few hundred or thousand changes) create new biological identities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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This tale of a plausible viral apocalypse makes the case that true horrors can lurk just outside our view — and possibly within us all.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Pritam witnessed firsthand the horrors of Partition—communal riots forced her to migrate to India from Pakistan in 1947 with nothing but her two small children and a red shawl.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Years of hot sunshine, winds and rain steadily shredded the tarp, transforming the old church into one of San Jose’s worst eyesores.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, the not-in-my-backyard crowd has less to complain about when the eyesores in question are barely visible on the horizon.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Monstrosities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosities. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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