monstrosity

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.

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

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monstrosity [mɒnˈstrɒsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. an outrageous or ugly person or thing; monster

2. the state or quality of being monstrous

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monstrosity

1. the state or quality of being monstrous.
2. a monster or monsterlike thing or person. — monstrous, adj.

See also: Monsters

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monstrosity - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed freak, lusus naturae, monster 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

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monstrosity

noun

1. eyesore, horror, carbuncle, blot on the landscape Most of the older buildings had been replaced by monstrosities.

2. freak, horror, monster, mutant, ogre, lusus naturae, miscreation, teratism The towering figure looked like some monstrosity from a sci-fi movie.

3. hideousness, horror, evil, atrocity, abnormality, obscenity, dreadfulness, frightfulness, heinousness, hellishness, loathsomeness the monstrosity of Naziism

Translations

monstrosity [mɒnsˈtrɒsɪtɪ] N → monstruosidad f

monstrosity [mɒnˈstrɒsɪti] n (= ugly thing) → monstruosité f

monstrosity

n (= quality) → Ungeheuerlichkeit f, → Monstrosität f; (= thing) → Monstrosität f; (= cruel deed) → Gräueltat f; it’s a monstrosity that … → es ist unmenschlich or schändlich, dass …

monstrosity [mɒnsˈtrɒsɪtɪ] n → mostruosità f inv

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monstrosity [mɒnsˈtrɒsɪtɪ] n → mostruosità f inv