Meaning & use
Monstrosities
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Things that are grotesquely abnormal, ugly, or shocking, especially in appearance or scale.
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Critics called the new skyscraper one of the city's architectural monstrosities.
The lab's failed experiments produced several genetic monstrosities.
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Plural of "monstrosity," from Latin "monstrum," originally meaning an omen or divine warning.
Words with a similar meaning
abominationsatrocitieshorrors
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beauties
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