noun
- things that are grotesque; bizarre, distorted, or absurdly unnatural objects, images, or situations
Usage: plural form of grotesquerie
Examples
- The museum’s collection included medieval grotesqueries carved into cathedral facades.
- The artist’s paintings featured nightmarish grotesqueries that disturbed many viewers.
- Gothic novels often contain grotesqueries designed to frighten and unsettle readers.
- The carnival’s funhouse was filled with mirrors that created amusing grotesqueries.
- Critics dismissed the film as a series of meaningless grotesqueries.
- The garden was decorated with stone grotesqueries that served as gargoyles.