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US
/mɑnˈstɹɑsəti/
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[ UK /mənstɹˈɒsɪti/ ]
[ UK /mənstɹˈɒsɪti/ ]
NOUN
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something hideous or frightful
they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
How To Use monstrosity In A Sentence
- I've just spent three nights in such a monstrosity, holed up in a room only marginally larger than a shoebox.
- At any rate, as much as I loath the idea of lugging this monstrosity over there again, it looks like I might have to arrange another appointment and take it back. Discussions: Message List - root
- If we take back even one house this November we will be able to conduct hearings where the architects of this monstrosity will be required to defend their malfeasance, or nonfeasance, before the dreaded cameras of C-Span. Yes Nancy, apparently we did have to pass the bill to learn what’s in it
- The claws on the monstrosity jutted out and curved like a dozen scimitars.
- Here a burrito is a small flour tortilla folded in half over a spoon of filling, for maybe 3 pesos, compared to the $8 US for the Chevy's monstrosity. A week in Los Angeles
- The saguaro is a monstrosity in fact as well as in appearance, -- a product of miscegenation between plant and animal, probably depending for its form of life history, if not for its very existence, on its commensals." [ Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
- Nazism was a diabolical monstrosity and it was fitting not only to commemorate its demise, but also to celebrate the millions who paid the highest sacrifice.
- The film is a brutal, blood-soaked plea for compassion and understanding in the face of monstrosity.
- On the three days I work in the city, I have a short walk from the concrete monstrosity where I park my car to the office.
- From here we progress northwards, meeting the outskirts of Milton Keynes the following day - more tidy gardens and open parklands than monstrosity - and have our first pub lunch at the appropriately named Barge Inn.