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MONSTROSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something hideous or frightful

Example:

they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("monstrosity" is a kind of...):

malformation; miscreation (something abnormal or anomalous)

Derivation:

monstrous (shockingly brutal or cruel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

Synonyms:

freak; lusus naturae; monster; monstrosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("monstrosity" is a kind of...):

mutant; mutation; sport; variation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monstrosity"):

leviathan (the largest or most massive thing of its kind)

Derivation:

monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

monstrous (abnormally large)

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