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GROTESQUENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grotesqueness mean? 

GROTESQUENESS (noun)
  The noun GROTESQUENESS has 1 sense:

1. ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortionplay

  Familiarity information: GROTESQUENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROTESQUENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

grotesqueness; grotesquerie; grotesquery

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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