monstruousnessn.
/ˈmɒnstrʊəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈmɑnztrəwəsnəs/ Now rare.
= monstrousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [noun]
monstruosity1402
grievoustyc1410
outrageousnessc1450
enormityc1480
atrocity1534
malignitya1535
monstruousness1545
heinousness1563
monstrousness1574
ugliness1601
enormousnessa1631
monstrosity1639
enormance1682
flagrancy1714
atrociousness1731
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]
wantonnessc1405
absurdity1529
monstruousness1545
impertinency1573
ridiculousness1573
monstrousness1574
absurd1581
absurdness1582
incongruity1597
fancy1598
delirium1599
monstruosity1604
absurdum1606
foppishness1611
impertinence1616
nonsense1630
impertinentness1645
irrationality1647
monstrosity1651
nonsensicality1652
ridicule1668
ridicule1672
nonsensicalness1674
maggotry1706
preposterousness1727
zanyship1766
ridiculosity1773
drollness1823
stultification1832
nonsensity1834
farcicality1849
cockeyedness1858
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness
hugenessc1380
monstruousness1545
huginess1559
immanity1586
immenseness1610
immensity1652
enormity1792
colossality1800
enormousness1802
prodigiousness1832
gianthood1841
titanism1851
hugeousness1859
vastitude1876
jumboesqueness1882
monumentality1884
stupendiosity1912
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun]
crookedness1398
monstruosity1402
deformity1413
misfashioning1469
misfigurec1480
counterfeiturec1500
monstrosity1616
pravity1647
monstruousness1653
malformation1769
misformation1822
dysmorphia1848
misshape1867
aplasia1885
nanity1892
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth
monstruosity1402
monstrosity1555
accretion1615
misgrowth1648
monstruousness1653
miscreance1658
homonomya1682
agenesis1827
hypertrophy1834
auxesis1842
overgrowth1844
neoplasia1871
ingrowth1877
concrescence1878
accrementition1879
neogenesis1884
geomalism1885
giantism1885
geomaly1889
merisis1940
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 18v If I woulde enter, to descrybe the monstruousenes of it, I shoulde rather wander in it, it is so brode.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 125 They that vomite out such monstruousnesse, are so not ashamed of their own shame, that [etc.].
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 159 Malice is represented in a man by some deformity or monstruousness.
1992 Americas (Nexis) May 54 The monstruousness doesn't consist in deformation but in..that balance which is seen in the material concreteness of her figures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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