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monstrosity
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mon·stros·i·ty  (mn-strs-t)
n. pl. mon·stros·i·ties
1. One that is monstrous.
2. The quality or character of being monstrous.

[Middle English monstruosite, from Old French, from Late Latin mnstrsits, from Latin mnstrusus, monstrous; see monstrous.]

monstrosity
Noun
pl -ties
1. an outrageous or ugly person or thing
2. the state or quality of being monstrous

monstrosity
1. the state or quality of being monstrous.
2. a monster or monsterlike thing or person. — monstrous, adj.
See also: Monsters
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monstrositymonstrosity - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
mutant, mutation, sport, variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
2.monstrosity - something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"
miscreation, malformation - something abnormal or anomalous

monstrosity
noun 1. freak, horror, monster, mutant, ogre, lusus naturae, miscreation, teratism
Translations
Spanish monstrosity [mɔnsˈtrɔsɪtɪ] nmonstruosidad f
French monstrosity [mɔnsˈtrɔsɪtɪ] nmonstruosité f, atrocité f
German monstrosity [mɔnˈstrɔsɪtɪ] nUngetüm nt, Monstrum nt
Italian monstrosity [mɔnˈstrɔsɪtɪ] nmostruosità f inv

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