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Definition: Monstrosity |
MonstrosityNoun1. A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 2. Something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "monstrosity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Monstrosity 1. n. A ridiculously elephantine program or system, esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2. adj. The quality of being monstrous (see `Overgeneralization' in the discussion of jargonification). See also baroque. Source: Jargon File. |
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Synonyms: MonstrositySynonyms: freak (n), lusus naturae (n), monster (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distortion | Distortion, detortion, contortion; twist, crookedness; (obliquity); grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry, anamorphosis; ugliness; talipes; teratology. |
Ridiculousness | Farce, comedy; burlesque; (ridicule); buffoonery; (fun); frippery; doggerel verses; absurdity; bombast; (unmeaning); anticlimax, bathos; eccentricity, monstrosity; (unconformity); laughingstock. |
Size | Hugeness; Adjective: enormity, immensity, monstrosity. |
Unconformity | Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Monstrosity |
| English words defined with "monstrosity": Abnormity ♦ Monstrosities, Monstruosity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "monstrosity": AIDX ♦ PAN ♦ Satan. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "monstrosity": Monstruosity. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So, tell me, my little one-eyed one. On what poor, pitiful defenseless planet has my monstrosity been unleashed? (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Monstrosity (1964) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hence a monstrosity of wounds never perhaps seen elsewhere. |
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| "Monstrosity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Monstrosity" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
monstrosity | 24 |
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| Language | Translations for "monstrosity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shemtëri, gjë e shëmtuar (deformity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ضخامة (bigness, enormity, exuberance, generosity, greatness, immenseness, immensity, largeness, massiveness, size, swelling, vastness), شىء رهيب, شىء شاذ (anomaly, irregularity), بشاعة (deformity, hideousness, ugliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уродливост (deformity, malformation), урод (abnormity, monster, mooncalf), ужас (abhorrence, atrocity, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, horror, recoil, scare, terror), чудовищност (enormity), чудовище (beast, monster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obludnost (enormity), nestvùrnost (enormity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | monsterachtigheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | monstreco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هیولاءی , هیولا (Monster, Monstrous), شرارت بسیار, بی عاطفگی (Apathy, Inhumanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | monstruosité, laideur, atrocité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungeheuerlichkeit (atrocity, awesomeness, enormity, monstrousness, outrageousness, portentousness, shamefulness, tremendousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τερατωδία (enormity), τερατούργημα (abnormity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפלצתיות, מפלצת (bete noire, bogey, freak, horror, monster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | borzalom (horror, monstruosity), szörnyeteg (bete noire, harpy, monster, monstruosity, mooncalf, mooncalves), szörnyűség (abnormality, enormity, horror, monstruosity), szörny (abnormality, monster, monstruosity), iszonyatosság (horror, monstruosity), gyalázatosság (monstruosity, outrageousness, turpitude), gonoszság (depravity, evil, evildoing, evil-doing, iniquity, maleficence, mischief, mischievousness, monstruosity, viciousness, villainy, wickedness), borzalmasság (dismalness, horror, monstruosity), borzalmas volta vminek (monstruosity), borzalmas eset (monstruosity), borzalmas dolog (monstruosity), óriás alak (monstruosity), óriás (colossus, giant, jumbo, monster, troll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mostruositt , mostruosit (hideousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | eajeeys (atrocity, filth, ghastliness, odiousness), beishtagh (beastly, bestial, brutish, monstrous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onstrositymay monstruosidade (abnormity, eyesore, monster), monstro (abortion, monster, walloper), ostensório, enormidade (enormity, hugeness), deformidade (abnormity, blemish, deformity). (various references) monstruozitate (abnormity, freak, monstrousness), monstru (abomination, abortion, fright, heteroclite, jumbo, moloch, monster, mooncalf), hidoşenie (ugliness), dihanie (monster), caracter monstruos. (various references) чудовищность (enormity). (various references) monstruoznost. (various references) monstruosidad (blot, eyesore, freak). (various references) monstrum (freak, leviathan, monster, ogre), monstrositet (abnormity), monster (freak, leviathan, monster, monsters, ogre), vidunder (juggernaut, miracle, monster, orc, prodigy), odjur (beast, brute, fiend, monster, ogre). (various references) canavarlık (atrocity, bestiality), canavar (beast, brute, chimera, monster, ogre). (various references) страховище (bogy, bugaboo, dread, hobgoblin, scare, scarecrow), потворність (abnormality, deformation, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement, eyesore, malformation, ugliness). (various references) vật quái dị, sự kỳ quái (fantasticism). (various references) anferthedd (hugeness, ugliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | monstrum. (various references) |
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"Monstrosity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: monstosity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "monstrosity" (pronounced mÄnstrÄ"sutē) |
| 7 | -t r Ä" s u t ē | atrocity. |
| 6 | -r Ä" s u t ē | reciprocity. |
| 5 | -Ä" s u t ē | animosity, curiosity, ferocity, generosity, pomposity, religiosity, velocity, virtuosity, viscosity. |
| 4 | -s u t ē | adversity, analyticity, audacity, authenticity, biodiversity, capacity, complexity, complicity, density, diversity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, ethnicity, falsity, Felicity, incapacity, intensity, laxity, mendacity, multiplicity, necessity, obesity, opacity, overcapacity, paucity, perplexity, perversity, propensity, publicity, scarcity, simplicity, specificity, tenacity, toxicity, university, varsity, veracity, voracity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, austerity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, divinity, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, femininity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opportunity, originality, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, personality, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, velvety, venality, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-n-o-o-r-s-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: motorists. | |
-3 letters: mistryst, monitors, monitory, moronity, morosity, motorist, myosotis, risottos, sonority, torosity, torsions, tortonis. | |
-4 letters: intorts, isonomy, missort, monists, monitor, morions, motions, myosins, nitroso, orisons, risotto, simoons, torsion, tortoni, trisomy, tritons, tsooris. | |
-5 letters: inmost, intort, intros, minors, monist, morion, morons, motion, motors, mottos, myosin, myosis, mysost, nitros, orison, ostomy, roosts, rosins, rosiny, simony, simoon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6E 73 74 72 6F 73 69 74 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -. ... - .-. --- ... .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o n s t r o s i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006E 0073 0074 0072 006F 0073 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781808586848185758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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