Frankenstein's monster
Stitched-together abomination
Frankenstein's monster is the creature brought to life by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.
The monster—not the scientist—is often mistakenly called "Frankenstein." In extended use, a Frankenstein's monster is any creation that turns destructive or uncontrollable, threatening its creator: The algorithm became a Frankenstein's monster, amplifying the very content it was designed to suppress.
- novelNew and unusual
- PrometheusFire-stealing benefactor of mortals
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
creator · responsibility · abandonment · revenge · Arctic · letters · Walton · cautionary tale
Brought together as group
- stitchedFastened with thread
- cadaverBody for dissection
- corpseDeceased human body
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
spark · galvanism · laboratory · scientist · experiment · reanimation · bolt · surgery
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- reanimationRestoration of life
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
strangulation · rampage · pursuit · vengeful · menacing · unnatural · abomination · ghastly
Fortified medieval residence
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
fog · ruins · candelabra · stormy · lightning · cobwebs · dungeon · torches
Mary Shelley
- novelNew and unusual
- PrometheusFire-stealing benefactor of mortals
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
hubris · creator · responsibility · abandonment · revenge · Arctic · letters · Walton · cautionary tale · ambition
assembled
Brought together as group
electricity · spark · galvanism · laboratory · scientist · experiment · reanimation · bolt · surgery · grafting
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- reanimationRestoration of life
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
murder · strangulation · rampage · pursuit · vengeful · menacing · unnatural · abomination · ghastly · gruesome
castle
Fortified medieval residence
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
moonlight · fog · ruins · candelabra · stormy · lightning · cobwebs · dungeon · torches · shroud
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
judged · vilified · scapegoat · innocent · gentle · flowers · child · kindness · curiosity · learning
grotesque
Distorted, bizarre figure
towering · stitched · yellowed · watery eyes · superhuman · unnatural · hideous · patchwork · lumbering · giant
Frankenstein's monsterVictor Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein · Frankenstein · Prometheus · Pygmalion · Dr. Moreau
Frankenstein's monsterangel
Divine winged messenger
cherub · fairy · Snow White · Sleeping Beauty
Frankenstein, frank, franks, monster, monsters, monstrous, monstrosity, monstrosities, monstrously