grotesque
11grotesque — bizarre, *fantastic, antic Analogous words: baroque, rococo, flamboyant (see ORNATE): *weird, eerie, uncanny: extravagant, extreme (see EXCESSIVE): preposterous, absurd (see FOOLISH): ludicrous, ridiculous, comical, comic, droll (see LAUGHABLE) …
12grotesque — [adj] ugly, misshapen aberrant, abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, distorted, eerie, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fantastic, flamboyant, freakish, grody*, gross*, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish,… …
13Grotesque — When used in conversation, grotesque commonly means strange, fantastic, ugly or bizarre, and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks or gargoyles on churches. More specifically, the grotesque forms… …
14Grotesque — Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Grotesque », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le grotesque est un style d ornement découvert à la Renaissance. Par extension, il désigne aujourd hui le caractère de ce qui semble… …
15GROTESQUE — adj. des deux genres Qui est ridicule, extravagant. Un costume grotesque. Mine grotesque. Cet homme est grotesque. Imagination grotesque. Genre grotesque. Il est aussi employé comme nom et se dit de Celui qui prête à rire dans ses manières de… …
16GROTESQUE — adj. des deux genres Il se dit Des figures bizarres et chargées, imaginées par un peintre, et dans lesquelles la nature est outrée et contrefaite. Figures grotesques. Dans ce sens, on l emploie plus ordinairement comme substantif, et l on ne s en …
17grotesque — grotesquely, adv. grotesqueness, n. /groh tesk /, adj. 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… …
18grotesque — gro|tesque1 [grəuˈtesk US grou ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Old Italian (pittura) grottesca cave painting , from grotta; GROTTO] 1.) unpleasant, shocking, and offensive ▪ It s grotesque to portray peace campaigners as unpatriotic. ▪… …
19grotesque — [[t]groʊte̱sk[/t]] grotesques 1) ADJ GRADED You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you. ...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else. ...a …
20grotesque — adj. grotesque to + inf. (it was grotesque of him to come dressed like that) * * * [grəʊ tesk] grotesque to + inf. (it was grotesque of him to come dressed like that) …
