grotesquerie.

A bizarre or distorted quality, or something displaying it, especially in art or description.

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Words that belong together

• visual grotesquerie
• grotesquerie of the scene

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The murals' grotesquerie made familiar faces look monstrous.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular grotesquerie; plural grotesqueries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: uncommon.