单词	monstrosity
释义	monstrositymon‧stros‧i‧ty /mɒnˈstrɒsəti $ mɑːnˈstrɑː-/ noun (plural monstrosities) [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a 275-room brick monstrosity I rented a Spanish-style monstrosity in Beverly Hills while my apartment was redecorated. This building is another monstrosity celebrated as a brilliant piece of architecture. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But it was also a land full of genetic monstrosities, the type of composite beasts in which the Shanhai jing delighted. It's an excrescence, a monstrosity, some tardy addition to the agenda. The house consisted of two reception rooms, each furnished with black oak monstrosities that created a dark and depressing atmosphere. The parades of human monstrosities that horrified and fascinated medieval villagers provided the same kind of entertainment. This was his hobby, sketching vertical monstrosities, though he might easily have been a spy. Those who set the monstrosity of globalisation in train seek in vain to dissociate themselves from the effects of their actions. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorobject/building etc► ugly very unpleasant to look at: · Local residents think that the new shopping centre is one of the ugliest buildings in the city.· The room was bare except for a few pieces of ugly furniture. ► unsightly something that is unsightly is unpleasant to look at, and spoils the appearance of the things around it: · Bushes and plants make the perfect screen for unsightly objects such as dustbins.· Tight bras and knickers can cause unsightly bulges under close-fitting clothes. ► unattractive not at all pleasant to look at: · The town is surrounded by large, unattractive housing estates that nobody wants to live in.· Wearing an unattractive blouse and old-fashioned skirt, Lisa looked older than she was. ► hideous extremely ugly: · One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock.· Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange dress. ► revolting something that is revolting is so ugly that you do not like to look at it: · Remember that three piece suite Mrs Killeen had? It was grey and mustard. It was absolutely revolting!· Who's that TV presenter who always wears those revolting sweaters? ► monstrosity a very large ugly building or object: · I rented a Spanish-style monstrosity in Beverly Hills while my apartment was redecorated.· This building is another monstrosity celebrated as a brilliant piece of architecture. ► an eyesore a large and very ugly building that you cannot avoid seeing: · They built a huge office block right next to the old cathedral - what an eyesore!· Intended to be the world's largest casino, it now stands as an eyesore near the big tourist and convention hotels of New Orleans. ► blot on the landscape British something that spoils the view, especially an ugly building: · The container site at North Farm is a real blot on the landscape. something large and ugly, especially a building:  a concrete monstrosity
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