Grand Guignol Definition

gräɴ gē-nyôl
noun
Drama that emphasizes the horrifying or the macabre.
American Heritage
Any dramatic or literary production designed to shock and horrify its audience with its gruesome or macabre content.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A Parisian theatre which specialized in grotesque and grisly horror shows.

Wiktionary

(by extension) That which thrives on grotesquery and gore.

Wiktionary

Origin of Grand Guignol

  • After Le Grand Guignol , a theater in Paris

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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