noun
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an outrageous or ugly person or thing; monster
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the state or quality of being monstrous
Etymology
Origin of monstrosity
1545–55; < Late Latin mōnstrōsitās, equivalent to Latin mōnstrōs ( us ) monstrous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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If only he’d caught half the heat as Wasserman, he might have retreated long enough to spare us from his juvenile X posts or his next monstrosity of a car design.
From Los Angeles Times
And so was the Kennedy Center in its monstrosity.
From Los Angeles Times
Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".
From Barron's
While sympathizing with the need for more affordable housing, Maupin said in a video posted on Facebook that Align’s proposal is “a bit of a monstrosity, from the pictures I’ve seen.”
“It’s right that when you see the scale, the monstrosity of these numbers, to have a healthy dose of skepticism,” said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.
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