Frankenstein's monster noun2 •(figurative) A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control. — 1968 •(figurative) A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information... — 1991 formsFrankenstein's monsters