Synonyms of monstrosities

monstrosities

noun

plural of monstrosity

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anomalies
• mutations
• monsters
• abnormalities
• freaks
• exceptions
• mutants
• irregularities
• malformations
• rarities
• eccentrics
• oddballs
• weirdos
• nuts
• deviants
• crackpots
• aberrations
• kooks
• singularities
• miscreations
• peculiarities
• aberrants
• cranks
• screwballs
• characters
• mavericks
• individualists
• curiosities
• nonconformists
• oddities
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• norms
• averages
• normals
• specimens
• samples
• pars
• commonplaces
• usuals

2

as in monsters

a strange or horrible and often frightening creature

filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monsters
• demons
• grotesqueries
• grotesques
• ogres
• abominations
• terrors
• horrors
• bugaboos
• devils
• mutants
• bogeymen
• Frankensteins
• imps
• abnormalities
• banshees
• incubi
• mutations
• frights
• bugbears
• bogeys
• ogresses
• fiends
• anathemas
• freaks
• bêtes noires

3

as in messes

something unpleasant to look at

we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messes
• horrors
• eyesores
• sights
• frights
• hideosities
• stains
• eye-catchers
• blots
• smudges
• smears
• spots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of monstrosities

Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 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

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

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