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Meanings of grotesqueness in English

Catalan
ridiculesa
Spanish
caricatura

Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.

        ridiculesa
        Usage of grotesqueness in English
        1
        The grotesqueness of such adornment found frequent ridicule in prose and verse.
        Customs and Fashions in Old New England
        2
        Even in that exciting moment Terry saw the grotesqueness of the situation.
        The Hunters of the Ozark
        3
        Humor and comedy with them became burlesque, sometimes repulsive in its grotesqueness.
        The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Repu...
        4
        Persian gems abound with monstrous forms, of equal, or even superior grotesqueness.
        The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
        5
        Could any caricature of mine exceed in grotesqueness your sketch of yourself?
        The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
        6
        When the reader thinks of grotesqueness, what images come to his mind?
        The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
        7
        The Princeton men were giants, one in particular was picturesque in his grotesqueness.
        Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
        8
        Perhaps the grotesqueness of that former scene was in his mind.
        Robert Elsmere
        9
        The horror of the situation was not lessened by its grotesqueness.
        Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Mi...
        10
        The waving of crooked, false-jewelled fingers gave grotesqueness to the words.
        The picture of Dorian Gray
        11
        The ardour, grotesqueness, and devotion of this poor forlorn group, are painfully touching.
        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
        12
        The Zone of Consciousness stands revealed in all its grotesqueness.
        The Fourth-Dimensional Reaches of the Exposition: San Francisco,...
        13
        I love that beast, grotesque as it is-perhapsall the more for its grotesqueness.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        14
        I looked at the grotesqueness that Coop was referring to.
        The devil's closet
        15
        And then, half playfully, half seriously, and wholly conscious of the grotesqueness, he added:
        A Mere Accident
        16
        On high, amid all this grotesqueness, sits the departed doge.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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        ridiculesa
        Grotesqueness through the time
        Grotesqueness across language varieties
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