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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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Wilmot Fraser, the sole Black member of the city history commission, called the monument a monstrosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

If only he’d caught half the heat as Wasserman, he might have retreated long enough to spare us from his juvenile X posts or his next monstrosity of a car design.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Even if Natasha were still here, I wouldn’t know where to go in the glass monstrosity of a building.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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