grotesqueness

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Synonyms for grotesqueness

noun freak

Antonyms for grotesqueness

beauty

More words related to grotesqueness

monstrosity

noun. freak

Word Origin & History

c.1600s, originally a noun (1560s), from Middle French crotesque (16c., Modern French grotesque), from Italian grottesco, literally "of a cave," from grotta (see grotto). The usual explanation is that the word first was used of paintings found on the walls of basements of Roman ruins (Italian pittura grottesca), which OED finds "intrinsically plausible." Originally "fanciful, fantastic," sense became pejorative after mid-18c. Related: Grotesquely; grotesqueness.

Example Sentences for grotesqueness

This man, in spite of his grotesqueness, was quite in earnest, there was no doubting that.

Even in that exciting moment Terry saw the grotesqueness of the situation.

Perhaps the grotesqueness of that former scene was in his mind.

And the grotesqueness of an individual has essentially the same nature.

Beneath Paragot's grotesqueness ran an unprecedented severity.

Could any caricature of mine exceed in grotesqueness your sketch of yourself?

On high, amid all this grotesqueness, sits the departed doge.

In the grotesqueness and wildness of this theory we detect a true idea.

The incongruity then of the tradition disappears; its grotesqueness remains.

The grotesqueness of war had come upon him then, as he had built up the tower with Robin.

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Antonyms for grotesqueness

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Synonyms for grotesqueness

monstrosity