grotesquenessn.
/ɡrəʊˈtɛsknɪs/ The quality of being grotesque; incongruous absurdity. Also concrete (plural) grotesque objects.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > grotesqueness
grotesqueness1826
guydom1882
gargoylism1902
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > state or quality of being ridiculous
ridiculousness1573
anticness1638
ludicrousness1773
grotesqueness1826
ludicrositya1856
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 329 His face, with all its grotesqueness, was infinitely pleasanter to look at than his figure.
1860 Heads & Hats 12 The women [temp. Edw. IV] wore absurdly high coiffures; and the men vied with them in their height, if not in their grotesqueness.
1883 J. Hawthorne in Harper's Mag. Nov. 926 1 I sauntered about the studio, taking note of the various beauties, grotesquenesses, and curiosities that it contained.
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