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grotesquerie

noun

grō-ˈte-skə-rē

variants also grotesquery

Definition of grotesquerie

as in monster

a strange or horrible and often frightening creature born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie

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Recent Examples of grotesquerie Coll’s early works, with their prickly eclecticism and their fondness for instrumental grotesquerie, reflect the influence of Adès and György Ligeti, among others. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 The director’s lifelong interest in the tenderness and grotesquerie is immediately apparent and presented with the kind of frenzied confidence that continues to make del Toro’s work feel explosive even as studios have made his movies more expensive and polished. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025 Full of listless grotesqueries, courtesy of original Scream writer Kevin Williamson in his franchise directorial debut, Scream 7 was critically sandbagged, with many reviews citing a kind of creative exhaustion. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026 But that memorable 20-6 record after the All-Star break must be weighed against the meltdown in the final three games of their first-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks, culminating in Thursday night’s grotesquerie of a 140-89 loss at State Farm Arena. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for grotesquerie

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Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
There’s no way the doll monsters at the pond were the whole point of the Lake of Tears, right?

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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