grotesque
21grotesque — 1 adjective 1 strange or unusual in a way that is shocking or offensive: The idea of my best friend becoming my stepmother was too grotesque to contemplate. 2 extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way: a grotesque figure with a huge head… …
22grotesque — I UK [ɡrəʊˈtesk] / US [ɡroʊˈtesk] adjective 1) extremely ugly and strange a grotesque statue of the devil 2) unreasonable, or offensive He called the original broadcast a grotesque distortion. Derived word: grotesquely adverb II UK [ɡrəʊˈtesk] /… …
23grotesque — gro|tesque1 [ grou tesk ] adjective 1. ) extremely ugly and strange: a grotesque statue of the devil 2. ) unreasonable or offensive: He called the original broadcast a grotesque distortion. ╾ gro|tesque|ly adverb grotesque gro|tesque 2 [ grou… …
24grotesque — [16] Etymologically, grotesque means ‘grotto like’. Its Italian source, grottesco, was used in the phrase pittura grottesca, literally ‘grotto like pictures’, denoting wall paintings of the sort discovered in the excavated basements of old… …
25grotesque — [16] Etymologically, grotesque means ‘grotto like’. Its Italian source, grottesco, was used in the phrase pittura grottesca, literally ‘grotto like pictures’, denoting wall paintings of the sort discovered in the excavated basements of old… …
26grotesque — I. noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French, from Old Italian (pittura) grottesca, literally, cave painting, feminine of grottesco of a cave, from grotta Date: 1561 1. a. a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or… …
27grotesque — adjective 1) a grotesque creature Syn: malformed, deformed, misshapen, misproportioned, distorted, twisted, gnarled, mangled, mutilated; ugly, unsightly, monstrous, hideous, freakish, unnatural, abnormal, strange …
28grotesque — adjective 1) a grotesque creature Syn: misshapen, deformed, distorted, twisted, monstrous, hideous, freakish, unnatural, abnormal, strange; informal weird 2) a grotesque exaggeration Syn …
29grotesque — gro•tesque [[t]groʊˈtɛsk[/t]] 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 incongruous human and animal… …
30grotesque — /groʊˈtɛsk / (say groh tesk) adjective 1. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. 2. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character;… …
