grotesqueness
grotesqueness noun: synonym of grotesquerie, the quality of being grotesque.
Noun
grotesqueness (countable and uncountable, plural grotesquenesses)
- Synonym of grotesquerie, the quality of being grotesque.
- She was aware of a perverse flicker of thought in herself: If this idea did, somehow, have legs (which it almost certainly did not – it was crazy, maybe illegal, unsavory to the point of grotesqueness), then she’d want to get a real writer on it.2010, Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Corsair (2011), page 137
- Synonyms:
- grotesquerie
Synonyms of grotesqueness
Forms of grotesqueness
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Origin of grotesqueness
From grotesque + -ness.
Questions about grotesqueness
- What does grotesqueness mean?
- Grotesqueness means synonym of grotesquerie, the quality of being grotesque.
- What part of speech is grotesqueness?
- Grotesqueness is a noun.
- What is the plural of grotesqueness?
- The plural of grotesqueness is grotesquenesses.
Words near grotesqueness in the dictionary
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