What does grotesquerie mean?
Grotesquerie means An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing..
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/ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/ · noun
An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing..
She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems.
Use grotesquerie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grotesquerie means An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing..
Common synonyms include grotesquery, grotesqueness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
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