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
Other Word Forms
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
But far exceeding the aesthetic wound of the memorial is the grotesquery of the betrayal it represents.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2015
So you’re deliberately avoiding the grotesquery of it all.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2015
She recognized him even through the grotesquery of his clinging rags, even behind the mask of a long, red, dusty beard and formidable mustache, even despite the wild and staring incoherence of his whole expression.
From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan
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
“Donbass,” at once brutally satirical and grimly compassionate, focuses on the subtleties and grotesqueries of human behavior.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
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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