monstrosity

[ mon-stros-i-tee ]

noun

, plural mon·stros·i·ties.

1. the state or character of being monstrous.
2. a monster or something monstrous.

monstrosity

/ mɒnˈstrɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. an outrageous or ugly person or thing; monster
2. the state or quality of being monstrous

Word History and Origins

Origin of monstrosity¹

1545–55; < Late Latin mōnstrōsitās, equivalent to Latin mōnstrōs ( us ) monstrous + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

Hulk faces off against another green monstrosity, Abomination.

From Time

In “Back 4 Blood,” the developer, Turtle Rock, says they wanted to go “bigger,” with “20-foot tall monstrosities” that will take considerable effort to defeat with the help of friends.

From Washington Post

Creepy people on Twitter, a cephalopodic monstrosity of its own, have let their imaginations run wild for the past month.

From Washington Post

From the volunteers’ position, a supernode—a multi-­antenna monstrosity responsible for linking much of the network on the Lower East Side to nodes in Brooklyn—was barely visible atop the Sabey building.

From MIT Technology Review

James does support repealing and replacing Obamacare, and during his previous campaign he promised to go work his “tail off to remove this monstrosity.”

From Vox

So, like any monopolist, the agency ballooned into a bureaucratic monstrosity that spends much of its wealth on itself.

From The Daily Beast

How could she have allowed herself to whitewash such monstrosity?

From The Daily Beast

As he starts to comprehend the monstrosity that is Walter White, Hank realizes that Walt has just beat this kid up emotionally.

From The Daily Beast

And then she revealed that this monstrosity of electronic expression can be found right there in the chat box.

From The Daily Beast

If he remains silent in the face of the verbal assault, that silence will be taken as consent, thus proving his monstrosity.

From The Daily Beast

It was apparent by that time that the extender would never be anything in a printing office but a psychological monstrosity.

From Project Gutenberg

And I didn't dare look again at the second monstrosity, the one named John Smith.

From Project Gutenberg

Evil complicates, by one knows not what hydra-headed monstrosity, the vast, cosmic whole.

From Project Gutenberg

A child born with three legs is a freak of nature, a monstrosity, yet it sometimes appears.

From Project Gutenberg

It's all a muddle, a compromise, a monstrosity, like everything else you produce; there's nothing in it that goes on all-fours.

From Project Gutenberg