grotesquerie
noun
gro·tes·que·rie
grō-ˈte-skə-rē 
variants
or less commonly grotesquery
plural grotesqueries
1
: something that is grotesque
2
: the quality or state of being grotesque : grotesqueness
Examples of grotesquerie in a Sentence
born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie
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This is less a parody of Judd than a reckoning with flesh and other grotesqueries.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages flings the player back into the dark ages to witness a war between two factions that look like a low-rent knock-off imitation of series like Warhammer — grotesqueries and all.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Dreamy forests and bright angels curdle and mutate into digital grotesquerie, a Spam Folder of faceless creatures and shock shlock.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages flings the player back into the dark ages to witness a war between two factions that look like a low-rent knock-off imitation of series like Warhammer — grotesqueries and all.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Dreamy forests and bright angels curdle and mutate into digital grotesquerie, a Spam Folder of faceless creatures and shock shlock.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grotesquerie
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“Grotesquerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grotesquerie. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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