Synonyms of monstrosity

monstrosity

noun

män-ˈsträ-sə-tē 

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
• rarity
• malformation
• irregularity
• weirdo
• crackpot
• eccentric
• singularity
• screwball
• deviant
• crank
• peculiarity
• oddball
• aberration
• miscreation
• kook
• character
• individualist
• maverick
• aberrant
• nut
• crackbrain
• oddity
• 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
• grotesquerie
• Frankenstein
• abomination
• terror
• devil
• horror
• incubus
• mutant
• fright
• bugaboo
• bugbear
• mutation
• ogress
• imp
• abnormality
• bogey
• banshee
• bogeyman
• bête noire
• anathema
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of monstrosity

In Ruppert’s hands, monstrosity is not a fall from humanity but an admission of it. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

The episode mostly deals with Hank’s freakout over the electric truck and panicking over what his friends and neighbors would think of him owning such a monstrosity. — Rafael Motamayor, Variety, 24 June 2026

Take the gentrified monstrosity that is Ikseondong, another central Seoul neighborhood that once anchored the gay community. — Anton Hur, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026