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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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This out of control monstrosity must be broken up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

He’s just some mud-brown monstrosity roaming the Vale of Arryn and treating livestock like campfire marshmallows.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Anna Murphy, fashion director for the Times, called the "pale blue polyester tracksuit" a "monstrosity".

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Petro earlier called the threat of a 100 percent tariff "a monstrosity" and threatened to withdraw Colombia from the Andean Community of Nations, a trade bloc which also includes Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

I shouted in a desperate attempt to distance myself from Katz’s monstrosity.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

For Murphy, whose imprint often seems to be on every other work of television, entertainment is a series of baroque monstrosities, human and otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

Because despite these monstrosities being marketed as instruments of chaos, the company is really building family vehicles, Eisenband said.

From Seattle Times May 25, 2024

A good first step is to simply name hulking SUVs and pickup trucks for what they are: monstrosities whose size is deadly, destructive, and, for almost everyone who has one, utterly unnecessary.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2023

It should not go unnoticed that the monstrosities that softened up the Baron are Laszlo's creations, achieved by merging Guillermo's DNA with that of a small petting zoo's worth of animals.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2023

Up above, clouds will billow out of nowhere into dark monstrosities, pregnant with malevolent intent, and a clear blue sky is like a magnifying glass for a punishing sun.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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