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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
And so was the Kennedy Center in its monstrosity.
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Athena is in a pink monstrosity inspired by To Wong Foo.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Think Honda Gold Wing and BMW K1600 – and multiply the monstrosity in multiples of ten.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 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
See All Example Sentences for monstrosity
Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Athena is in a pink monstrosity inspired by To Wong Foo.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Think Honda Gold Wing and BMW K1600 – and multiply the monstrosity in multiples of ten.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 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
See All Example Sentences for monstrosity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
Noun
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But Kelce was a statistical anomaly at age 36.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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Doctors noticed the fatal fetal anomaly in November of 2024.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Rather than lean on typical monster movies and slasher horror that can always make bank in the movie theater, the biggest horror properties on TV are all across the map.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks, shorthanded without Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, didn’t let them — and a monster performance from Mitchell Robinson helped punch a 101-92 victory over the worst team in basketball on Friday night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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But amid the mess of UCLA’s 72-59 win over 14th-seeded Rutgers was a slippery star point guard in the middle of one of his masterworks, not only lifting the Bruins to victory but passing and rebounding and defending his way into the Big Ten tournament record books.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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However, that kind of financially freewheeling behavior has placed the Dolphins in their present cap hell, dwelling in an accounting mess the franchise will spend the next season pinching pennies for, forced to navigate their way out of.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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No amount of gore or ghastliness is off limits for the series, produced by horror champions Blumhouse, as Nicole Kidman's titular medical examiner pores over the remains of the dead.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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In ‘Leviticus,’ Adrian Chiarella harnesses horror’s visceral power to confront homophobia with intelligence and imaginative flair, transforming a story of young love under siege into a gripping, urgent debut.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2026
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The plants that carried these drought-resistant traits were able to survive and pass those mutations forward via the seeds.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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It is caused by a mutation on the FOLR1 gene and can produce some similar symptoms to autism, such as communication issues.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
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Phillips rose to prominence in the ‘90s for glossy, photorealistic paintings like Below that grappled with sexuality, beauty and the grotesque.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, extension cords can be an eyesore.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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As far as land, many data centers are renovating large, old and abandoned sites that have sat as toxic eyesores for years.—
Mehdi Paryavi,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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