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1
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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2
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
- filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities
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- grotesque,
- grotesquerie
- (also grotesquery),
- monster,
- ogre
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3
something unpleasant to look at
- we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park
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4
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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- badness,
- baseness,
- depravedness,
- depravity,
- diabolicalness,
- evil,
- evilness,
- foulness,
- heinousness,
- immorality,
- iniquitousness,
- iniquity,
- invidiousness,
- sinfulness,
- ungodliness,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- wickedness
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5
the state or quality of being utterly evil
- the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of monstrosity was in the 15th century
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