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monstrosity

[ mon-stros-i-tee ]

noun

plural monstrosities.
  1. the state or character of being monstrous.
  2. a monster or something monstrous.


monstrosity

/ ɒˈٰɒɪɪ /

noun

  1. an outrageous or ugly person or thing; monster
  2. the state or quality of being monstrous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monstrosity1

1545–55; < Late Latin ōԲٰō, equivalent to Latin ōԲٰō ( us ) monstrous + - -ity
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Neighbours have described the warehouse as a "monstrosity" and "the wrong development, in the wrong location".

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The far easier solution is for them to take off their blindfolds and see the full scale of the monstrosity for what it is.

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They have branded it a "monstrosity" and some say it has reduced them to tears.

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Without the film’s talented makeup team, there is no third-act monstrosity spontaneously growing and shedding body parts — and who wants that?

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For Ryan Murphy, entertainment is a series of baroque monstrosities, human and otherwise, as seen in ‘Grotesquerie’ and his latest installment of ‘Monsters.’

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