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Meanings of grotesqueness in English

Catalan
ridiculesa
Spanish
caricatura

Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.

ridiculesa
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Examples for "grotesquerie"
Examples for "grotesquerie"
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Is all the grotesquerie worth it for that small moment of retribution?
News.com.au
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She backed away from this grotesquerie, flattening herself against the steam-wetted tiles.
Imajica: Complete Edition
3
Another grotesquerie is being hastily planned for the nation's capital, Ottawa.
The Guardian
4
Avun studied the corpse-faced grotesquerie in front of him, and made no response.
The skein of lament
5
With horrid grotesquerie it flapped toward another candle, bent on putting it out.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
1
In the fleeting glimpse he caught of it, Smoke wondered if he had ever seen a Dore grotesquery to compare.
Smoke Bellew
2
A swift groan was the only indication he showed of the grotesquery he experienced passing through the gateway into the ghost realm.
The Naked God
3
Then again, there's something fitting about this grotesquery playing out like a wildly passive-aggressive epistolary novel in the Les Liaisons Dangereuses mould.
The Guardian
4
I said, "I have something to-toshow you." The room was not too dark, I hoped, for him to discern the gleam of my grotesquery.
Seraphina
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The sweltering heat of other continents bred grotesqueries he wanted no sight of.
Complete Books of Blood
Usage of grotesqueness in English
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The grotesqueness of such adornment found frequent ridicule in prose and verse.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
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Even in that exciting moment Terry saw the grotesqueness of the situation.
The Hunters of the Ozark
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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...
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Persian gems abound with monstrous forms, of equal, or even superior grotesqueness.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
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Could any caricature of mine exceed in grotesqueness your sketch of yourself?
The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
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When the reader thinks of grotesqueness, what images come to his mind?
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
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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...
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Perhaps the grotesqueness of that former scene was in his mind.
Robert Elsmere
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The horror of the situation was not lessened by its grotesqueness.
Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Mi...
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The waving of crooked, false-jewelled fingers gave grotesqueness to the words.
The picture of Dorian Gray
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The ardour, grotesqueness, and devotion of this poor forlorn group, are painfully touching.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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The Zone of Consciousness stands revealed in all its grotesqueness.
The Fourth-Dimensional Reaches of the Exposition: San Francisco,...
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I love that beast, grotesque as it is-perhapsall the more for its grotesqueness.
A Voyage to Arcturus
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I looked at the grotesqueness that Coop was referring to.
The devil's closet
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And then, half playfully, half seriously, and wholly conscious of the grotesqueness, he added:
A Mere Accident
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On high, amid all this grotesqueness, sits the departed doge.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Catalan
ridiculesa
Grotesqueness through the time
Grotesqueness across language varieties
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