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Kruegeresque

Kruegeresque adjective: reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.

Adjective

Kruegeresque (comparative more Kruegeresque, superlative most Kruegeresque)

  1. (rare) Reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.
    • Most of the work of these comics — even when they are screaming or sneering in Kruegeresque tones — is only analogous to the explicit violence of the killing joke...1997, Walter de Gruyter & Co, Humor, volume 10
    • Helen even utters a Freddy Kruegeresque one-liner...2000, Alain Silver, James Ursini, The horror film reader

Examples of Kruegeresque in a sentence

  • To be sure, SPRIGGAN, like AKIRA, is filled with slick blood and gore (the cackling Little Boy, with his Freddy Kruegeresque wire-cutter claw attachments...2001, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique, volumes 33-34:
  • The driller killer's attempts at Kruegeresque one-liners fall pretty flat, although the cast are fairly funny as they run around desperately trying to look scared.2004, Jim Harper, Legacy of blood: a comprehensive guide to slasher movies:

Forms of Kruegeresque

comparativemore Kruegeresque
superlativemost Kruegeresque

Origin of Kruegeresque

From Krueger + -esque.

Questions about Kruegeresque

What does Kruegeresque mean?
Kruegeresque means reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.
How do you use Kruegeresque in a sentence?
To be sure, SPRIGGAN, like AKIRA, is filled with slick blood and gore (the cackling Little Boy, with his Freddy Kruegeresque wire-cutter claw attachments...
What part of speech is Kruegeresque?
Kruegeresque is an adjective.

Words near Kruegeresque in the dictionary

  1. Kruczek
  2. Kruczeks
  3. Krueger
  4. Krueger flap
  5. Krueger flaps
  6. Kruegeresque
  7. Kruegers
  8. kruft
  9. Krug
  10. Kruger
  11. Krugerian

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