Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is monstrous.
- noun The quality or character of being monstrous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being monstrous, or formed out of the common order of nature; the character of being shocking or horrible.
- noun An unnatural production; a monster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
plant oranimal showing abnormal development or deformity. - noun A
monstrous thing, person or act. - noun The state of being monstrous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something hideous or frightful
- noun a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The presentation of the monstrosity is a challenge to the Irish people of New York which will be taken up.
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Stephen M. Ross, who built the huge two-tower Time Warner Center at the northwest edge of Columbus Circle and tried to foreclose on the Moinian tower - which he described as a monstrosity - walked away, his supporters said, with a $28 million profit, after five months of skirmishing.
NYT > Home Page By ANDY NEWMAN 2011
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Even if this monstrosity is rammed through over the objections of the American people, I think this still can be seen as a victory for the GOP.
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A malodorous 6ft 7in monstrosity who walks upright on his hind legs, he resembles a giant Labrador, only "heavier-set and strikingly hideous".
Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt – review Clare Clark 2010
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Even if this monstrosity is rammed through over the objections of the American people, I think this still can be seen as a victory for the GOP.
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"We do not believe this bill, this nearly 2,100-page monstrosity, is real health care reform," McConnell said.
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The problem has been that the argument has always seemed to be between people who see the darkness and call it monstrosity, and people who refuse to see the darkness.
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The building is one of the ugliest in Cambrige, though, a concrete monstrosity from the sixties that won lots of architectural awards but leaked from the moment it started to house students.
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For his inaction in this case might indicate a few things about his moral position: that first, that his moral monstrosity is not sufficiently advanced for him to actively compound his original intention, and perhaps more importantly, that he has qualms about excessively acting out his evil intentions.
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This 2100 page monstrosity is a slap in the face of Americans.
bedraggled commented on the word monstrosity
The first time I stumbled across the word was when listening to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody :)
January 19, 2008