| Main Entry: | monstrosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freak |
Synonyms: |
abnormality, atrocity, deformity, dreadfulness, enormity, eyesore, freakishness, frightfulness, grotesqueness, heinousness, hideousness, horror, monster, mutant, mutation |
| Main Entry: | atrocity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action |
Synonyms: |
abomination, barbarity, brutality, crime, enormity, evil, horror, infamy, inhumanity, iniquity, monstrosity, offense, outrage, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness, wrong |
Antonyms: |
kindness, pleasantness |
| Main Entry: | beast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large wild animal; brute |
Synonyms: |
barbarian, beastie, creature, critter, fiend, gargoyle, glutton, lower animal, monster, monstrosity, pig, quadruped, swine, varmint |
| Main Entry: | chimera |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dream, fantasy |
Synonyms: |
bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, fata morgana, figment, fool's paradise, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, pipe dream, rainbow*, snare, specter, virtual reality |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd item |
Synonyms: |
anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet d'art, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, unusual object, wonder |
Antonyms: |
normality |
| Main Entry: | enormity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horribleness |
Synonyms: |
abomination, atrociousness, atrocity, crime, depravity, disgrace, evil, evilness, flagrancy, grossness, heinousness, horror, monstrosity, monstrousness, nefariousness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vileness, villainy, wickedness |
| Notes: | enormity is the quality of extreme wickedness while enormousness is unusual largeness in size or extent |
Antonyms: |
goodness |
| Main Entry: | eyesore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, ugliness |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, blemish, blight, blot, blot on landscape, deformity, disfigurement, disgrace, distortion, dump, horror, monstrosity, sight, ugly thing |
Antonyms: |
beauty, eyeful, sight |
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
Synonyms: |
aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo* |
Antonyms: |
normality, ordinary, regular |
| Main Entry: | fright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horrifying or unpleasant sight |
Synonyms: |
bother, eyesore, frump, mess, monstrosity, nuisance, scarecrow, ugliness |
Antonyms: |
beauty |
| Main Entry: | horror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, revulsion |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, chiller, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation |
Antonyms: |
beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder |