grotesque
adjective
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
grotesqueness
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a word derived from
grotesque.
Example Sentences
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So do scribbly, charming drawings of a cat and studies of feet that emphasize grotesqueness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
With its use of caricature, distortion and exaggeration, art can look “grotesque” without conveying grotesqueness; indeed, it can convey something quite the opposite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Suetonius detailed Emperor Domitan’s nighttime events, highlighting the grotesqueness of gladiatrices fighting in the shadows.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
For Angela — for Jude — Tate basically functions as yet another emblem of Bobita’s grotesqueness and of a larger worldview, one that has reduced everything to its market value.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
He noticed that the hedges had become sparser; that wherever a tree loomed out of the dusk it bore the mark of the sea gales in a certain grotesqueness of shape.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
