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    grotesque
    /ɡrə(ʊ)ˈtɛsk/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. a very ugly or comically distorted figure or image: "the rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques"
    • 2. a family of 19th-century sans serif typefaces.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGROTESQUE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GROTESQUE definition: 1. strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: 2. wrong or unfair…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › grotesqueGrotesque Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GROTESQUE is a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGROTESQUE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque. Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing. unsightly formal.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › grotesqueGROTESQUE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. Synonyms: wild, antic, weird, deformed, distorted. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGROTESQUE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › GrotesqueGrotesque - definition of grotesque by The Free Dictionary

    1. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. 2. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. n. 3. a grotesque object, design, person, or thing.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › grotesqueGrotesque - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use grotesque to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural way. If something "grosses you out," you can safely refer to it as grotesque. Grotesque also refers to a style of art that uses odd and fanciful combinations of natural, human, and animal forms.

  9. www.britannica.com › dictionary › grotesqueGrotesque Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    GROTESQUE meaning: 1 : very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural; 2 : extremely different from what is expected or usual.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgrotesque adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive. a grotesque distortion of the truth. The story was too grotesque to believe. It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money. The whole situation was really grotesque. Join us.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › grotesquegrotesque | meaning of grotesque in Longman Dictionary of...

    grotesque meaning, definition, what is grotesque: unpleasant, shocking, and offensive: Learn more.