monstrousness

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Noun
  • There was hugely more of it and less of me, rendered infinitesimal in the presence of this immensity.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Stevens chose to enact the story on a scale of mythic grandeur and timeless immensity.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The vastness of my riches may sound unrealistic to you.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But the vastness was really about fostering conditions in which his spectral harmonies could thrive.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Jordan, the fourth of five children, has credited his older brother Larry with fueling his legendary competitive fire, while Serena Williams — the youngest of five sisters — surpassed even the greatness of older sister Venus.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Anyone who’s attempted to sing Mariah Carey’s catalog at karaoke or in the comforts of their car knows that matching the greatness of Mimi is often an insurmountable task.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Advertisement And speed builds amplitude—height off a jump—a key for snowboarding gold.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • On the theory side, an obvious solution to the hierarchy problem could drop naturally out of the geometry behind scattering amplitudes.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • He is charged with open and lewd grossness.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Remove bulkiness from thick hair by opting for a shaggy pixie.
    Audrey Noble, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This waterproof jacket is insulated without the bulkiness of a puffer.
    Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In spite of the grandness of the scale and the weight of the house — and Matthieu’s job, his first haute couture collection felt joyous, intimate, meaningful and extremely personal.
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Monstrousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrousness. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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