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Meanings of grotesquerie in английском

каталонский
ridiculesa
испанский
caricatura

Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.

ridiculesa
испанский
literatura grotesca

Science fiction genre.

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literatura grotesca
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Examples for "grotesqueness"
Examples for "grotesqueness"
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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
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
5
The sweltering heat of other continents bred grotesqueries he wanted no sight of.
Complete Books of Blood
Usage of grotesquerie in английском
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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
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With horrid grotesquerie it flapped toward another candle, bent on putting it out.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
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Those who favoured grotesquerie and mytho-beast appearances had departed with Ekelund.
The Neutronium Alchemist
7
Not the perverse grotesquerie we were supposedly fighting to preserve.
The Forever War
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It is Spenser and Hogarth combined-thewildest grotesquerie wrought on a background of penal flame.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
9
Leaving screams from the vineyard workers who saw their lost lovers and children reanimated into this grotesquerie.
Iron Council
10
Nothing derails a conversation like medical grotesquerie.
Wild Thing
11
Another kind of intrusion is a grotesquerie.
Night Shift
12
If Scummy had been alone he would likely have driven past this grotesquerie without even registering its existence.
The Scarlet Gospels
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The scene itself remained clear, with the grinning grotesquerie of the Jack-o'-lanterns lighting it and mocking his simplicity.
The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
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The feast is magnificent, but as we eat, I feel a sense of grotesquerie that's hard to ignore.
News.com.au
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Yet the grotesquerie of the streets, however horrible, did not arouse in Rage the same dread as the black dome.
Night gate
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A dumb show began, a grotesquerie of the act of love; but he was unresponsive, and she soon abandoned the attempt.
The Golem and the Jinni
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Translations for grotesquerie
каталонский
ridiculesa
Grotesquerie through the time