Synonyms of monstrosity

monstrosity

noun

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anomaly
• mutation
• monster
• abnormality
• freak
• exception
• mutant
• abortion
• rarity
• malformation
• irregularity
• weirdo
• crackpot
• eccentric
• singularity
• screwball
• deviant
• crank
• peculiarity
• oddball
• aberration
• miscreation
• character
• kook
• individualist
• maverick
• aberrant
• oddity
• crackbrain
• nut
• nonconformist
• curiosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• standard
• average
• sample
• specimen
• par
• norm
• usual
• commonplace

2

as in monster

a strange or horrible and often frightening creature

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monster
• grotesque
• demon
• ogre
• grotesquery
• grotesquerie
• Frankenstein
• abomination
• terror
• ogress
• bogy
• bogie
• devil
• banshee
• horror
• bogeyman
• incubus
• daemon
• mutant
• fright
• bugaboo
• bugbear
• imp
• mutation
• bogey
• abnormality
• bête noire
• anathema
• bogyman
• freak
• fiend

3

as in mess

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

• mess
• eyesore
• sight
• fright
• horror
• hideosity
• stain
• smudge
• blot
• smear
• eye-catcher
• spot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vision

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• horror
• atrocity
• dreadfulness
• awfulness
• hideousness
• repulsiveness
• ghastliness
• horridness
• frightfulness
• gruesomeness
• fearfulness
• agony
• grisliness
• badness
• evil
• atrociousness
• sinfulness
• torture
• vileness
• anguish
• misery
• evilness
• heinousness
• baseness
• foulness
• viciousness
• immorality
• invidiousness
• wickedness
• depravity
• loathsomeness
• iniquity
• hatefulness
• ghoulishness
• torment
• ungodliness
• creepiness
• fearsomeness
• scariness
• ghostliness
• hellishness
• eeriness
• diabolicalness
• despicableness
• depravedness
• iniquitousness
• detestableness
• cursedness
• execrableness
• deplorableness
• reprehensibleness
• accursedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleasantness
• attraction
• agreeableness
• appeal
• desirability
• delightfulness
• attractiveness
• pleasurableness
• allurement
• desirableness

5

as in badness

the state or quality of being utterly evil

the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• badness
• sinfulness
• atrocity
• evilness
• vileness
• hideousness
• heinousness
• enormity
• corruption
• wickedness
• depravity
• notoriety
• diabolicalness
• depravedness
• fiendishness
• baseness
• atrociousness
• hellishness
• devilishness
• decadence
• degeneracy
• immorality
• infamy
• execrableness
• cursedness
• accursedness
• pervertedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goodness
• righteousness
• morality
• purity
• virtuousness
• innocence
• chasteness