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grotesquerie

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As a noun, grotesquerie means the quality of being grotesque or macabre.

Meanings of grotesquerie

3 meanings

noun

  1. The quality of being grotesque or macabre.

  2. literatureA genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

  3. Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

    Similar: grotesqueness, grotesquery

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Synonyms by meaning

noun: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquenessgrotesquery

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