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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