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MONSTROSITY

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• MONSTROSITY (noun)
The noun MONSTROSITY has 2 senses:

1. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
2. something hideous or frightful

Familiarity information: MONSTROSITY used as a noun is rare.

• MONSTROSITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

freak; lusus naturae; monstrosity; monster

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)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Something hideous or frightful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity

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

malformation; miscreation (something abnormal or anomalous)

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(English proverb)
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(Azerbaijani proverb)
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