Joseph Rykwert

One of the general considerations about new buildings is that people tend to say that anything new is a monstrosity. And then after a while they either accept them or they go on thinking that they are monstrosities. Reactions vary. This depends to some extent on the quality of the building.

Polish Critic

Lindsey Graham

The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way it was passed was sleazy. Every old Washington trick was used to pass the healthcare bill.

American Politician

David Harbour

I loved 'True Detective' so much in Season 1, and then when the Season 2 monstrosity came around, I was like, 'What is this show? What have you done to this show?

American Actor

Sofia Boutella

The beauty of the original monster movies is that you were able to relate to every single character, or even to treat their monstrosity as an emotional metaphor.

Algerian Actress

George Gallup

I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.

American Businessman

Gustave Flaubert

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature.

French Novelist

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

People should eat what they like, even if it's some jalapeno and cheese-covered monstrosity with blueberry cream cheese.

American Chef

Nigel Farage

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.

British Politician

Madonna Ciccone

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

American Musician

Mary Roach

A space station is a rangy monstrosity, a giant erector set built by a madman.

American Author

Use 'monstrosity' when emphasizing the negative visual impact of something large.

Visual Impact

Expresses a strong negative judgment; implies that the speaker dislikes the appearance.

Negative Judgment

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something complex or poorly designed.

Not Literal

Highlights how something differs from what is normal or acceptable, often causing fear.

Extreme Abnormality

Common in horror or fantasy settings to describe creatures or beings.

Horror Context

Can evoke sympathy for something unfairly viewed as abnormal or frightening.

Sympathetic Use

Conveys moral outrage or disgust towards an especially wicked act.

Moral Judgment

Carries strong emotional weight; often used to emphasize empathy with victims.

Emotional Weight

Refers to reprehensible events and actions, acknowledging their heinous nature.

Historical Reference

 showed that there was no day t or shrewd military man knew that was going to put an end to the conflict instead people began to realize that by strolling a civil war they had unleashed a vast monstrosity a sort of long-term corpse factory it was going to drench the country and blood for years

Winston Groom: The...

 The thing he designed was this monstrosity here, the analytical engine. Now, just to give you an idea of this, this is a view from above. Every one of these circles is a cog, a stack of cogs, and this thing is as big as a steam locomotive. So as I go through this talk, I want you to imagine

John Graham-Cumming: The...

 out in those days that meant saying I bid you good day sir um the thing he designed was this monstrosity here the analytical engine now just to give you an idea this is this is a view from above every one of these circles is a car a stack of cogs and this thing is as big

The greatest machine...

 these be very comfortable for them the next one we have a bunch of pens that have made it over here there's a bunch of toothpicks this is somewhat of a monstrosity door handles clothespins it's a baby rattle they're still

Monstrosity