grotesquerie
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grotesque, monster, monstrosity, ogre
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And for more early Peter Jackson grotesquerie, Bad Taste is also on Tubi and available to Amazon Prime Video subscribers. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Long before The Happytime Murders, Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles featured perverted puppets," 24 Aug. 2018 Maybe that’s the explanation for some painful — and unnecessary — zaniness in the late going, from a costumed lip-sync number with Farmiga and Schaal to one insert shot too many of those Crumb-ly grotesqueries. — Tom Russo, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Boundaries’ follows three generations, one car, and a lot of pot," 4 July 2018 The result is a panorama of atomic grotesquerie that is at once troubling, surprising and ruthlessly entertaining. — The Economist, "Secrets and lies of the nuclear age," 7 June 2018 This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "French Opera Takes Over New York," 23 Apr. 2018 If America is lucky—and America has been a lucky country—out of the grotesqueries of this Trumpian era a rectification will gather force. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "The Post Office and Trump’s Culture War," 20 Apr. 2018 And a growing commitment to augmenting the grotesqueries of Gothick design, colored glass at the windows lending the place a cathedral air with images not of saints but suns and moons, stars, falcons, an antlered stag. — Longreads, "The Ladies Who Were Famous for Wanting to Be Left Alone," 17 Apr. 2018 The war’s proponents deploy propaganda with all the loathsome rhetoric of the white supremacist alt-right; the war’s atrocities are Mengelean in scope and grotesquerie. — N.k. Jemisin, New York Times, "The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy," 6 Sep. 2017 In some ways, the grotesqueries of his persona, rather than anathematizing him to voters, only enhanced his appeal among those wishing for something different. — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, "Protest Works," 24 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grotesquerie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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