noun
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noun
something hideous or frightful
They regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity.
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monstrosities
Related forms
monstrous
Etymology
From Middle English monstruosite, from Middle French monstruosité and its etymon Late Latin mōnstruōsitās, mōnstrōsitās (“monstrousness”), from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; by surface analysis, monstrous + -ity.
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