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Showing words for GROTESQUE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Grotesque

grotesque

8 Letter Words for Grotesque

requotes, urostege

7 Letter Words for Grotesque

estoque, gesture, guester, quester, quoters, request, requote, roquets, torques

6 Letter Words for Grotesque

egrets, ergots, erugos, esture, etrogs, gester, gestor, goster, gouter, greets, groset, grouse, grouts, guetre, gutser, orgues, oustee, ouster, outers, outsee, queers, queest, quotee, quoter, quotes, regest, retuse, rogues, roques, roquet, rouges, routes, rugose, souter, stereo, storge, stoure, suerte, tereus, togues, toques, torque, touser, trogue, trouse

5 Letter Words for Grotesque

egers, egest, egret, eques, ergot, erose, erugo, esrog, ester, estre, estro, etrog, euges, euros, geest, geres, geste, goers, gores, gorse, gorst, goter, gouts, grees, greet, grese, grete, grote, grots, grout, grues, guest, gurts, guser, gusto, ogees, ogres, orgue, outer, outre, queer, queet, quest, quote, reest, reges, reget, regos, reset, resue, retes, reuse, rogue, roque, roset, rotes, rotge, roues, rouge, rouse, roust, route, routs, rusot, segou, segue, serge, sergt, serut, soger, soget, soree, squeg, squet, steer, stere, stero, store, strue, sture, surge, sutor, teers, tegus, tereu, terse, toges, togue, toque, tores, torse, torus, tours, touse, trees, trogs, troue, trues, trugs, tsere, turse, urges, uster, utees, utero

4 Letter Words for Grotesque

eger, egos, eres, ergo, ergs, eros, erse, erst, euge, eure, euro, geer, gees, geet, geos, gere, gers, gest, gets, goer, goes, gore, gote, gout, gree, gret, gros, grot, grue, grus, gues, gurs, gurt, gust, guts, ogee, ogre, ores, orts, otus, ours, oust, outr, outs, qere, ques, quet, quor, quos, quot, rees, reet, rego, regs, regt, rest, rete, rets, roes, rose, rost, rote, rots, roue, rous, rout, rues, rugs, ruse, rust, ruts, seer, sego, seor, sere, serg, sero, sert, sore, sort, sour, sout, sqrt, steg, ster, stge, stog, stor, stre, stue, stug, suer, suet, sure, surg, teer, tees, tegs, tegu, toes, toge, togs, tore, tors, toru, tose, toug, tour, tree, tres, trog, true, trug, tues, tugs, ures, urge, usee, user, utes

3 Letter Words for Grotesque

eeg, eer, ego, eos, ere, erg, ers, ert, ese, esq, esr, est, esu, gee, geo, ger, get, gor, gos, got, gou, gro, grs, gte, gue, gur, gus, gut, oer, oes, ore, org, ors, ort, ose, our, ous, out, qrs, qto, qtr, qts, que, quo, ree, reg, req, res, roe, rog, ros, rot, rte, rue, rug, rut, see, seg, seq, ser, set, sog, sot, sou, stg, str, sue, suq, sur, tee, teg, ter, tes, toe, tog, tor, tos, tou, trs, tue, tug, tur, ugs, ugt, ure, urs, use, ust, ute, uts

Definitions for Grotesque

[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.
[3] any grotesque object, design, person, or thing.
[4] strangely or fantastically distorted; bizarre a grotesque reflection in the mirror
[5] of or characteristic of the grotesque in art
[6] absurdly incongruous; in a ludicrous context a grotesque turn of phrase
[7] a 16th-century decorative style in which parts of human, animal, and plant forms are distorted and mixed
[8] a decorative device, as in painting or sculpture, in this style
[9] printing the family of 19th-century sans serif display types
[10] any grotesque person or thing

Words related to Grotesque

whimsical, fantastic, monstrous, ridiculous, eerie, ludicrous, strange, preposterous, outlandish, fanciful, absurd, bizarre, odd, surrealistic, gross, flamboyant, antic, queer, weird, aberrant

Words nearby Grotesque

grosvenor, grosz, grot, grote, grotesk, grotesque, grotesquery, grotius, groton, grotto, grotty

Origin of Grotesque

1555–65; < French < Italian grottesco (as noun, grottesca grotesque decoration such as was apparently found in excavated dwellings), derivative of grotta. See grotto, -esque

Other words from Grotesque

gro·tesque·ly , adverb
gro·tesque·ness , noun
un·gro·tesque , adjective

Word origin for Grotesque

C16: from French, from Old Italian (pittura ) grottesca cave painting, from grottesco of a cave, from grotta cave; see grotto

Synonyms for Grotesque

absurd, bizarre, eerie, fanciful, fantastic, ludicrous, monstrous, odd, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous, strange, surrealistic, whimsical, aberrant, antic, extreme, flamboyant, gross, queer, weird, abnormal, deformed, distorted, extravagant, freakish, grody, incongruous, malformed, perverted, uncanny, unnatural