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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
Noun
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National Taco Day landing on a Tuesday is no longer an anomaly, thanks to Taco Bell.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Statistical anomaly, then, or something deeper?—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Fan Fest Nights would not be the first time that Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man and other classic monsters have shared space with Scooby-Doo and the gang.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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But the trip is going to be an extreme test of fortitude, fate, and faith, evidenced by Lionsgate's preview revealing obstacles including a hellish radiation storm, monster waves, meteors pummeling the Earth, and lethal bands of desperate survivors prowling the continent.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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But most important, its vacuum design is quiet, easy to use, and eliminates mess.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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La Liz was an opulent mess her whole life.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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What the American people really deserve is not mass resignations or brief, fake shutdowns that stir up political chaos in Washington, DC, while Americans across the country watch in horror or turn a blind eye in disgust.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of nine films that span more than 50 years, not once does horror film icon Leatherface take sensible chainsaw safety precautions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This signaled that the mutation was somewhere on the X chromosome, since females have two of those, and presumably one lacked the killer mutation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Despite a clean mammogram and sonogram months earlier, results from a genetic test revealed that Martin had inherited the BRCA2 mutation – not from her mother, who is a breast cancer survivor herself, but from her father’s side of the family.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Young told the outlet that collapses like the ones on Tuesday create an eyesore and a safety hazard for public beaches.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 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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This led to the investigation of Gein’s farm that unearthed his atrocities, including Worden’s body being decapitated, flayed, and hung in his shed.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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Did Ed Gein have a girlfriend, Adeline Watkins, who introduced him to World War II atrocities?—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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