as in monsters
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie
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Recent Examples of grotesqueries
The abundance of these grotesqueries was almost stranger than their existence.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
This is less a parody of Judd than a reckoning with flesh and other grotesqueries.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
This is less a parody of Judd than a reckoning with flesh and other grotesqueries.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grotesqueries
Noun
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Monster High centers around a fictional high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters and has expanded into various forms of media thus far.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Original characters will return to fight new monsters and solve a paranormal mystery.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indeed, compared with the realistically creased faces and hangdog stares of the Cubs, the Boston fans behind them are closer to grotesques, an inhuman crush of caricatures.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Medieval carvers had a not dissimilar approach to design, fashioning grotesques for obscure nooks in cathedrals.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Instead of teaching his nephew how to fight, Jake shows Marc what real courage is, facing down his own demons along the way.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the process, Jake shows Marc what real courage is while facing down his own demons.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Grotesqueries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grotesqueries. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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