monstrosity
noun
mon·stros·i·ty
män-ˈsträ-sə-tē 
plural monstrosities
1
a
: a malformation of a plant or animal
b
: something deviating from the normal : freak
2
: the quality or state of being monstrous
the monstrosity of the tsunami's devastation
3
a
: an object of great and often frightening size, force, or complexity
this monstrosity, the atomic bomb
b
: an excessively bad or shocking example
The new mall is an architectural monstrosity.
Examples of monstrosity in a Sentence
Did you see the new mall? It's a monstrosity.
any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
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That is best embodied by the game’s assault rifle, which was nothing less than a steampunk monstrosity.
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Trump's lawyers opposed having prosecutors file such a lengthy set of unanswered allegations, quadruple the length of typical filings as a monstrosity and a false hit piece.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
Zoya was erasing the line between the sacred and the vile, the Jewish artifact and the anti-Semitic image, then polishing the resulting monstrosities to a very high shine.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
That is best embodied by the game’s assault rifle, which was nothing less than a steampunk monstrosity.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Trump's lawyers opposed having prosecutors file such a lengthy set of unanswered allegations, quadruple the length of typical filings as a monstrosity and a false hit piece.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monstrosity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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monstrosity
noun
mon·stros·i·ty
män-ˈsträs-ət-ē
plural monstrosities
1
: the condition of being monstrous
2
: something monstrous : monster
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