Synonyms of grotesquerie

grotesquerie

noun

grō-ˈte-skə-rē 

variants also grotesquery

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monster
• grotesque
• demon
• ogre
• monstrosity
• Frankenstein
• terror
• fright
• horror
• abnormality
• abomination
• devil
• bugaboo
• incubus
• ogress
• bugbear
• mutant
• bogey
• mutation
• imp
• bête noire
• anathema
• banshee
• bogeyman
• freak
• fiend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grotesquerie

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

Platter can hardly go more than a few pages without noting one grotesquerie or another. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

The abundance of these grotesqueries was almost stranger than their existence. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025

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