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monstrosity noun [ mɒnˈstrɒsɪti ]

• a thing, especially a building, which is very large and unsightly.
• "the shopping centre, a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete"
Similar: eyesore, horror, blot on the landscape, carbuncle, excrescence,
• a thing which is outrageously evil or wrong.
• "how could anyone be capable of such monstrosities?"
• the state or fact of being monstrous.
• "had my tone of reason in the face of monstrosity finally registered?"
Origin: mid 16th century (denoting an abnormality of growth): from late Latin monstrositas, from Latin monstrosus (see monstrous).


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