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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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Recent Examples of monstrosity 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 The goals of this monstrosity are viciously anti-American. Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025 Unfortunately, Kidman’s shoulder-length curly blonde hair in The Perfect Couple is a monstrosity. Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025 The movie brings back several old favorites — including Velociraptors, Dilophosaurus and a T. rex from the original — before unleashing this fresh monstrosity on the handful of characters who make it to the end. Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for monstrosity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
Noun
  • And Armstrong Archives documented machine learning improving extraction accuracy through anomaly detection.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Even with a relatively small sample size, the anomaly stuck out like a giant, red, throbbing sore thumb — a favorite gag in animation.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Labubu is a doll that resembles a monster, featuring a large head, sharp teeth and prominent eyes.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Four years later, when Pop Mart began selling Labubus on key rings, the toothy monsters began to be seen everywhere — and the phenomenon really has taken off lately.
    Fortune, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If the mess-maker is solid, use a spatula, dull kitchen knife, or the edge of a credit card to lift it from the surface of the upholstery.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The first crazy thing that happens to the movie Smurls is when a kitchen chandelier almost falls on them, though the most visceral is when oldest sister Dawn Smurl (Beau Gadsdon) suddenly vomits up pieces of glass, leaving the sink and her face a bloody mess.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Hateful Eight and also headlined the horror-Western Bone Tomahawk, which featured Fox in a supporting role.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Clovers typically have three leaves, but a rare mutation occasionally produces a fourth, and so the elusive four-leaf clover has long been associated with good luck and happiness in Celtic cultures.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In this instance, Winston, after his mutation, is looking clean house on Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon), a corrupt businessman whose haphazard ways led to his terminal illness and skirts treating him for it.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).
    Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Pottery Barn Charleston Seagrass Tote Basket Not all storage solutions are unsightly eyesores that need to be hidden away in a closet, cabinet, or underneath furniture.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • What if the atrocities amount to genocide?
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • So much atrocity, so much terror is unbearable.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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