MONSTROSITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does monstrosity mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• MONSTROSITY (noun)
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)
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)