grotesquerie

• He spoke Planha; Ythrian throats are less versatile than human (though of course no human can ever get the sounds quite right) and he wanted neither the nuisance of wearing a vocalizer nor the grotesquerie of an accent. —  "You can't leave now," Daniel Holm told his son
• I stood in the waning evening light staring at this grotesquerie, this man's art, his poor art, and I must admit I was moved by it. —  FSFOct/Nov2004
• Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is not just a precursor to every detective novel that was to follow; it was also a typical Poe grotesquerie (spoiler warning: the savage runaway orangutan did it). —  Portland Mercury
• Kay Kay's character goes way over-the-top into an atmosphere of irredeemable grotesquerie. —  India eNews
• The visual is more than just a grotesquerie-it is a cue to the first real cracks that appear over the shell of Lucky's confidence game. —  NAACHGAANA

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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