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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

/ ³¾É’²Ôˈ²õ³Ù°ùÉ’²õɪ³Ùɪ /

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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Origin of monstrosity1

1545–55; < Late Latin ³¾Å²Ô²õ³Ù°ùŲõ¾±³ÙÄå²õ, equivalent to Latin ³¾Å²Ô²õ³Ù°ùŲõ ( us ) monstrous + -¾±³ÙÄå²õ -ity
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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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For Murphy, whose imprint often seems to be on every other work of television, entertainment is a series of baroque monstrosities, human and otherwise.

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Because despite these monstrosities being marketed as instruments of chaos, the company is really building family vehicles, Eisenband said.

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