monstrosity
/mɒnˈstɹɒsɪti/
monstrosity noun: an organism showing abnormal development or deformity.
Noun
monstrosity (plural monstrosities)
- An organism showing abnormal development or deformity.
- Geoffroy St. Hilaire's experiments show that unnatural treatment of the embryo causes monstrosities; and monstrosities cannot be separated by any clear line of distinction from mere variations.1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Domestication”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 8
- Synonyms:
- monster
- A monstrous person, thing, or act.
- St Enoch Centre (1989) - a glass-domed monstrosity of a shopping centre - stands on the site of the station today.2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost”, in RAIL, number 979, page 51
- Synonyms:
- monster
- The state of being monstrous.
- Synonyms:
- monstrousness
monstrosity meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian
monstrosity in Tamil
- சீர்கேடுகள்
monstrosity in Malayalam
- eyesore, blot on the landscape, carbuncle
- വിലക്ഷണപ്രതിഭാസം, ഭീകരരൂപം, വൃത്തികെട്ട കാഴ്ച, കണ്ണിലെകരട്, വികൃതമുഖം, വെറുപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ദൃശ്യം
- mutant, mutation, freak (of nature)
- സൃഷ്ടിവെെകൃതം, രൂപവെെകൃതം, പ്രകൃതിയുടെ വികൃതി, വെെകൃതം, ഭീഷണസത്വം, ഘോരസത്ത്വം
monstrosity in Kannada
- ವಿಕಾರದ ಜೀವಿ, ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ರಾಕ್ಷಸ, ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ದೈತ್ಯ
monstrosity in Persian
- Monstrous thing, person or act
- هیولایی hayulāyi
- State of being monstrous
- هیولایی hayulāyi
Examples of monstrosity in a sentence
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
- The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
- If they build that monstrosity then it will be right in our view every time we look out our windows.
Synonyms of monstrosity
Forms of monstrosity
| plural | monstrosities |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | monstruosity |
Origin of monstrosity
From Middle English monstruosite, from Middle French monstruosité and its etymon Late Latin mōnstruōsitās, mōnstrōsitās (“monstrousness”), from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; by surface analysis, monstrous + -ity.
Words formed from monstrosity
Words that rhyme with monstrosity
Questions about monstrosity
- What does monstrosity mean?
- Monstrosity means an organism showing abnormal development or deformity.
- What is monstrosity in Tamil?
- Monstrosity in Tamil is சீர்கேடுகள். See Monstrosity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monstrosity?
- Monstrosity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monstrosity?
- Monstrosity is pronounced /mɒnˈstɹɒsɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monstrosity?
- The plural of monstrosity is monstrosities.
Words near monstrosity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monstrosity (page history and authors); monstrosity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monstrosity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); monstrosity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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