monstrosity

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 Synonyms of monstrosity abnormality, anomaly, monster, freakWords Related to monstrosity abortion, malformation, miscreation, mutant, mutation; character, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo; aberrant, deviant; individualist, maverick, nonconformist; curiosity, peculiarity, singularity; aberration, exception, irregularity, oddity, rarityNear Antonyms of monstrosity sample, specimen; commonplace, usualAntonyms of monstrosity average, norm, normal, par, standard

2 a strange or horrible and often frightening creature filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities Synonyms of monstrosity grotesque, grotesquerie (also grotesquery), monster, ogreWords Related to monstrosity ogress; Frankenstein; bête noire, bogey (also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear; banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, fright, imp, incubus; horror, terror; abomination, anathema; abnormality, freak; mutant, mutation

3 something unpleasant to look at we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park Synonyms of monstrosity fright, hideosity, horror, mess, eyesore, sightWords Related to monstrosity eye-catcher; blot, smear, smudge, spot, stainNear Antonyms of monstrosity vision

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 Synonyms of monstrosity atrociousness, atrocity, awfulness, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness, grisliness, gruesomeness, hideousness, horridness, horror, repulsivenessWords Related to monstrosity badness, baseness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evil, evilness, foulness, heinousness, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, invidiousness, sinfulness, ungodliness, viciousness, vileness, wickedness; accursedness, cursedness, deplorableness, despicableness, detestableness, execrableness, hatefulness, loathsomeness, reprehensibleness; creepiness, eeriness, fearfulness, fearsomeness, ghostliness, ghoulishness, scariness; agony, anguish, hellishness, misery, torment, tortureNear Antonyms of monstrosity agreeableness, delightfulness, pleasantness, pleasurableness; allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, desirability, desirableness

5 the state or quality of being utterly evil the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world Synonyms of monstrosity atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evilness, heinousness, hideousness, enormity, sinfulness, vileness, wickednessWords Related to monstrosity accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness; corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness; immorality; infamy, notorietyNear Antonyms of monstrosity morality; chasteness, innocence, purityAntonyms of monstrosity goodness, righteousness, virtuousness