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Meanings of monstrosity in English

Portuguese
esdrúxulo
Catalan
monstre
Spanish
aborto

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.

        esdrúxulo

        Person or thing that is monstrous.

              Usage of monstrosity in English
              1
              The end result after fifty-some years of work was an architectural monstrosity.
              Heart of gold
              2
              The monstrosity let go of Lord Maccon and collapsed onto the floor.
              Soulless
              3
              A sort of mad-eyed monstrosity behind the leader seized on Herbert West.
              The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
              4
              From the slashing water rose the monstrosity to launch itself upon her.
              Blood and Bone
              5
              He is a monstrosity out of touch of sympathy with the race.
              The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
              6
              Third take, she finally forced the condom down on this wooden monstrosity.
              The Guardian
              7
              A great walnut monstrosity meagrely equipped performed the functions of a sideboard.
              The Fortunate Youth
              8
              Soon she was beyond the grasp of even the tallest, longest-armed monstrosity.
              Boneshaker
              9
              How did a monstrosity like this get planning permission in historic London?
              Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
              10
              He increasingly reminds me of some monstrosity out of the Brothers Grimm.
              Silence of the grave
              11
              I joined the end to the loose end of the puce monstrosity.
              Sister Mine
              12
              Luc held up the skewer like a sword, pointing at the monstrosity.
              The witch queen
              13
              Indeed, an undutiful son is a monstrosity, a case of moral deformity.
              The Soul of the Far East
              14
              Now, that heaving monstrosity spasmed and flung off foaming, infected-gobbets of itself.
              Phantoms
              15
              People who hold these views are not a minority, but a monstrosity.
              What's Wrong with the World
              16
              Was this woman a human monstrosity and void of all natural feeling?
              Dr. Dumany's Wife
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