grotesquery
Americannoun
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grotesqueries
plural
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grotesque character.
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something grotesque.
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grotesque ornamental work.
noun
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the state of being grotesque
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something that is grotesque, esp an object such as a sculpture
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of grotesquery
From the French word grotesquerie, dating back to 1555–65. See grotesque, -ery
Example Sentences
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But he immediately learned otherwise – and, even two years on, soccer, in its occasional and stubborn grotesquery, recently found a way of putting his visibility and status as a representative to the test.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2020
Schoenberg expunged tonality, with its too predictable pull on the emotions, creating a sensation with his own surreal grotesquery, “Pierrot Lunaire.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
I don’t think it’s especially vain of me or anyone else to worry about my on-camera grotesquery; video conferencing awakens the vanity in all of us.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
I laughed at the odd grotesquery of the thing—an old frock-coat and trousers of olive-green, faded and torn and fat with straw.
From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller
Sommer has been covering the grotesqueries of outré right-wing conspiracy culture for nearly a decade now.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
It’s a necessary rejoinder to the grotesqueries of the word “content.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
They now have lawyers fighting for their freedom and lobbing grotesqueries.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
Esteban allowed this invasion of grotesqueries because he had long ago realized that it was pointless to interfere in his wife’s life.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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