monstrosity

  • 21monstrosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. a. a malformation of a plant or animal b. something deviating from the normal ; freak 2. the quality or state of being monstrous 3. a. an object of great and often frightening size, force, or complexity b …

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  • 22monstrosity — /mon stros i tee/, n., pl. monstrosities. 1. the state or character of being monstrous. 2. a monster or something monstrous. [1545 55; < LL monstrositas, equiv. to L monstros(us) MONSTROUS + itas ITY] * * * …

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  • 23monstrosity — noun a) A monstrous thing, person or act. b) The state of being monstrous …

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  • 24monstrosity — mon·stros·i·ty män sträs ət ē n, pl ties 1 a) a malformation of a plant or animal b) MONSTER 2) the quality or state of deviating greatly from the natural form or character mon·strous män(t) strəs adj * * * mon·stros·i·ty (mo …

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  • 25monstrosity — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, abortion, absurdity, amorphism, anomalism, anomalousness, anomaly, anticness, awfulness, baboon, bag, barbarity, bizarreness, bizarrerie, blemish, blot, bowlegs …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26monstrosity — Gullah Words monstrous …

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  • 27monstrosity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. see monster II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An unsightly object: mess, ugliness. Informal: fright, sight, ugly. See BEAUTIFUL. 2. A monstrous offense or evil: atrocity, enormity, outrage. See RIGHT. 3. A person&#8230; …

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  • 28monstrosity — noun (plural monstrosities) 1》 something very large and unsightly.     ↘a grossly malformed animal or plant. 2》 something which is outrageously evil or wrong …

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  • 29monstrosity — n. 1. Monstrousness. 2. Prodigy, monster …

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  • 30monstrosity — n 1. monstrousness, freakishness, nightmarishness, horribleness; ghoulishness, fiendishness, brutishness, demoniac, devilishness; miscreancy, villainy; murderousness, barbarousness, barbarity, butchery, savageness, savagery, slaughterousness. 2.&#8230; …

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