Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being grotesque; grotesqueness.
- noun Something grotesque.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An embodiment or expression of grotesqueness; grotesque conduct or speech; a grotesque action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which is
grotesque in nature or style.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
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Examples
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Just the flat-out most bizarre -- though grotesquery is not neccesarily out of the question.
Boing Boing: January 11, 2004 - January 17, 2004 Archives 2004
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Just the flat-out most bizarre -- though grotesquery is not neccesarily out of the question.
Boing Boing: November 2, 2003 - November 8, 2003 Archives 2003
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To balance out the multiple deaths and brutality, we got a whimsical helping of grotesquery thanks to original scenes written specifically for the HBO series.
Houses Collide: Game of Thrones Discussion — Tyrion's Brutality and Wait, Renly Is Gay? 2011
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For all her flash and grotesquery, she means to be a steadying force, not a revolutionary.
Joe Vogel: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Falls Short of Predecessors, Hype Joe Vogel 2011
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Now, whats-her-face is a cheap art exhibit of grotesquery.
Media Moratorium: 3 Things I Don't Want to Hear About Anymore 2009
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For all her flash and grotesquery, she means to be a steadying force, not a revolutionary.
Joe Vogel: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Falls Short of Predecessors, Hype Joe Vogel 2011
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In addition to the strong cast members mentioned above, standouts included Heather Engebretson as the Chinese daughter Li, bass Aubrey Allicock as the Grand Inquisitor, Karen Vuong as Zhou, a Red Guard, and Meredith Lustig, Laura Mixter and Rachael Wilson as the Andrews Sisters trio, who also operated dancing puppets, adding an additional layer of comic grotesquery to the moment.
Young and Committed to Their Causes Heidi Waleson 2011
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In the fleeting glimpse he caught of it, Smoke wondered if he had ever seen a Dore grotesquery to compare.
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Now, whats-her-face is a cheap art exhibit of grotesquery.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Also, in his depiction of zombies as humans devoid of intellect who now only pursue their relentless, unquenchable hunger, I think Romero presents again an image right out of Dante's Inferno - not just for the grotesquery, but for the idea of sin as mindless repetition and desire.
Tom Morris: Interview with a Philosopher: Zombies Are People, Too 2010
bilby commented on the word grotesquery
"I guess the degree of grotesquery in your visualisation would largely depend on where in the world you live, and to what extent this ‘person’ has adversely influenced your life, although in some ways it could be easy to conjure an image of one of last century’s most notorious, infamous villains - Adolf Hitler. Couldn’t it?"
- 'Global Warming, Hitler, & WWII Rationing', Craig Mackintosh, 26 February 2007.
April 8, 2008