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as in anomaly
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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as in monster
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities
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as in horror
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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as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world
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Recent Examples of monstrosity
Such reminders that monstrosity is in the eye of the beholder could easily feel trite or forced, but Gunn capably balances them with a pitch-black sense of humor.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Despite an English teacher shutting down the party, the teenagers’ lives soon take a turn for the worse as evil monstrosities are unleashed.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Madeline and Petrov move in next door, determined to rip down Evan Shook’s mansion monstrosity and build a tiny house.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Local Democrats have the opportunity to do the people of Carroll County a great service by standing against the MPRP monstrosity and pressuring the governor to kill the project.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Despite an English teacher shutting down the party, the teenagers’ lives soon take a turn for the worse as evil monstrosities are unleashed.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Madeline and Petrov move in next door, determined to rip down Evan Shook’s mansion monstrosity and build a tiny house.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Local Democrats have the opportunity to do the people of Carroll County a great service by standing against the MPRP monstrosity and pressuring the governor to kill the project.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrosity
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In an interview with ABC News earlier on Monday, Southern California Edison's parent company CEO Pedro Pizarro said employees monitoring the lines remotely at the time saw no indications of any electrical anomalies that would typically cause sparking.Liz Baker, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Preliminary information indicates Edison equipment experienced an electrical anomaly one minute after the Hurst Fire reportedly started, according to the company.Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
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Set in a new location with new monsters, Wilds introduces a new type of mount, new monsters, an improved wound system, focus mode, and a new tool called the hook slinger.David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Over the last month, the Rangers have been a mess at five-on-five — more than usual — and have had a bafflingly bad power play.Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Here’s how the airports are preparing for what’s likely to be a mess starting Thursday.Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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As Frontline previously reported, some AfD leaders followers of the party have sought to downplay or deny the horrors of Nazi Germany.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Overwhelmed by the horrors of war, Frankie experiences the bonds and betrayals of combat.Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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If the mutations accumulate slowly, symptoms might not arrive until their 50s, 60s or beyond.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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With this new study, the research team was trying to determine if these outliers were a result of mutations caused by the fallout of the Chornobyl disaster.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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White specks on the horizon grew to surround us with grotesques of ice.Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Watergate grotesques form a small portion of the weird and sometimes wacky, but always carefully curated, world of Ellison.Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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The new ring mat full of ads is an eyesore, but ad placement is becoming more commonplace in sports.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Perry Book Ends by Most Modest $55 West Elm These modern bookends add bright color to your kitchen without being eyesores.Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, in recent years, this designation was made in the cases of the Daesh atrocities against Yazidis, Christians and other religious minorities, the atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, and the atrocities against the Rohingya in Myanmar.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Monstrosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrosity. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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