English-Thai Dictionary

monstrosity

N ความโหดร้าย  การ เป็น อสุรกาย  kwam-hod-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONSTROSITY

n.The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature. We often read of monstrous births; but we see a greater monstrosity in education, when a father begets a son and trains him up into a beast.
1. An unnatural production; that which is monstrous.
Fabri arranges distortions, gibbosities, tumors, etc. in the class of morbific monstrosities.
A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONSTROSITY

Mon *stros "i *ty, n.; pl. Monstrosities. Etym: [Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous. ]

 

Defn: The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South. A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans. ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

monstrosity

mon stros i ty |mänˈsträsətē mɑnˈstrɑsədi | ▶noun ( pl. monstrosities ) 1 something, esp. a building, that is very large and is considered unsightly: the shopping center, a multistory monstrosity of raw concrete. • something that is outrageously or offensively wrong: how could anyone be capable of such monstrosities? • a grossly malformed animal, plant, or person. 2 the state or fact of being monstrous. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an abnormality of growth ): from late Latin monstrositas, from Latin monstrosus (see monstrous ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

monstrosity

mon |stros ¦ity |mɒnˈstrɒsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. monstrosities ) 1 a thing, especially a building, which is very large and unsightly: the shopping centre, a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete. • a grossly malformed animal or plant. 2 a thing which is outrageously evil or wrong: how could anyone be capable of such monstrosities? 3 [ mass noun ] the state or fact of being monstrous. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an abnormality of growth ): from late Latin monstrositas, from Latin monstrosus (see monstrous ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

monstrosity

monstrosity noun 1 a concrete monstrosity: eyesore, blot on the landscape, excrescence, horror. 2 a biological monstrosity: mutant, mutation, freak (of nature ), monster, abortion.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

monstrosity

monstrosity noun 1 the shopping centre was a multistorey concrete monstrosity: eyesore, horror, blot on the landscape, carbuncle, excrescence. 2 a biological monstrosity: mutant, mutation, freak, freak of nature, monster, abortion, malformation; Latin lusus naturae; rare abnormity, miscreation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

monstrosity

mon stros i ty /mɑnstrɑ́səti |mɔnstrɔ́s -/名詞 複 -ties 1 C 巨大なもの [建物 ]; (おばけのように )奇怪なもの ; 怪物 ; 奇形動植物 .2 U 奇怪, 怪異 ; 奇形 .