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GROTESQUENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

Synonyms:

grotesqueness; grotesquerie; grotesquery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("grotesqueness" is a kind of...):

ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

grotesque (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

grotesque (ludicrously odd)

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