monstrousness
Quality of being abhorrent
Monstrousness is the quality of being monstrous—shockingly wrong, cruel, or unnatural.
The word can describe physical abnormality but more often points to moral horror: the monstrousness of the crime, the sheer monstrousness of what they'd done.
It emphasizes scale and severity beyond ordinary wrongdoing.
Moral corruption or evil
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- malevolenceActive ill will
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
iniquity · nefariousness · diabolical · malice · corruption · turpitude · vileness · baseness
Deviation from the norm
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- distortionTwisting from original state
abnormality · grotesquery · disproportion · misshapen · twisted · gnarled · warped · asymmetry
Intense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
nausea · sickening · repellent · abomination · grotesque · hideous · repulsive · offensive
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
bloodcurdling · chilling · spine-tingling · haunting · phantasmal · spectral · apparition · phantom
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- malevolenceActive ill will
- depravityProfound moral corruption
heinousness · iniquity · nefariousness · diabolical · malice · corruption · turpitude · vileness · baseness · sinister
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
distortion · abnormality · grotesquery · disproportion · misshapen · twisted · gnarled · warped · asymmetry · irregularity
disgust
Intense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
repugnance · nausea · sickening · repellent · abomination · grotesque · hideous · repulsive · offensive · vile
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
ghoulish · bloodcurdling · chilling · spine-tingling · haunting · phantasmal · spectral · apparition · phantom · banshee
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- Fear Wordsterror, dread, horror, fright, fearfulness
- wickednessevil, evilness, wickedness, villainy, malice
monstrousnesssaintliness
State of spiritual perfection
virtue · righteousness · goodness · benevolence · humaneness
monstrousnessbeauty
Aesthetic excellence
loveliness · gorgeousness · comeliness · elegance · exquisiteness
monstrousnessgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
tenderness · kindness · compassion · mercifulness · humaneness
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