单词	grotesqueries
释义	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 Synonyms grotesque monster monstrosity ogre See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie Recent Examples on the Web The grotesquerie is edged with triumph and therefore not remote from truth. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 July 2022 The grotesquerie of the images is meant to interrupt what pleasure the scene might otherwise prompt. Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 For all its rage and grotesquerie, that book was ultimately a conversion story about a depressive misanthrope who learns to live again, aided by psychopharmaceuticals and a brush with mass tragedy. Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022 Both the prosecution and the defense aimed to find a thread of logic in an inexplicable grotesquerie. Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 Some Black writers and producers in America use horror and science fiction as a lens through which to examine the grotesquerie of the country’s racist systems and history (Jordan Peele, for example, made Get Out after the killing of Trayvon Martin). Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2021 The apparent grotesquerie — honoring the mother of the Saviour of the universe, the vessel of salvation, with muscular gyrations designed to capture the momentary interest of six-year-olds — is inexpressibly beautiful in the mind’s eye. William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020 The original series was a secret family phenomenon, moving the goalposts of Sunday night prime-time acceptability by domesticating horror-film grotesquerie for the mainstream audience. Darren Franich, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2020 At first glance, armed right-wing militants dressed in floral shirts may seem like another baffling grotesquerie in the parade of calamities that is 2020. Dale Beran, The Atlantic, 4 July 2020 See More Word History Etymology grotesque + French -erie -ery First Known Use circa 1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1 grotesqueries noun plural of grotesquerie as in monsters 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 Relevance monsters grotesques monstrosities demons ogres terrors horrors abominations frights abnormalities bugaboos bogeymen ogresses devils banshees mutants bogeys bugbears imps incubi mutations Frankensteins bogies incubuses fiends bogymen freaks bêtes noires anathemas daemons
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