Grotesque can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.
Adjective |
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| grotesque - distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" | ||
| grotesque - ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" | ||
Noun |
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| grotesque - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants |
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| 1. | adj. | Tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas. | |
| 2. | adj. | A grotesque reflection in the mirror. | |
| 3. | adj. | Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission. | |
| 4. | adj. | They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar. | |
| 5. | adj. | When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly. | |
| 6. | adj. | From this point on, the story becomes so twisted and grotesque that I can't stop reading it anymore. | |
| 7. | adj. | It is grotesque: every private company, even small private companies, think European nowadays, but not so the governments of their states. | |
| 8. | adj. | Quite apart from the concerns surrounding this injustice itself, it seems grotesque that this situation has been brought about by a committee whose very purpose of existence is the defence of women's rights and equal opportunities. | |
| 9. | adj. | As the grotesque parade passed by, everyone came out of their homes, hypnotized. | |
| 10. | adj. | What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque. | |
| 11. | adj. | In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again. | |
| 12. | adj. | The figures and grotesque masks decorating the modillions are interesting. | |
| 13. | adj. | The exposition is dedicated to photographs of ideal, natural, and grotesque bodies; conceives of sexuality as a part of existence; and presents photographed sexual practices, desires, and phantasms. | |
| 14. | adj. | It's grotesque. | |
| 15. | adj. | Tom is grotesque. | |
| 16. | noun | I saw some English female soldiers in yesterday night's news reel. For some, you couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but the majority were rather feminine, and it didn't feel that grotesque. | |
| 17. | noun | If the agreement were enforced, it would create a situation verging on the grotesque. | |
| 18. | noun | His photographs are unsparingly critical, and his inimitable eye unmasks the banal as well as the grotesque. |
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| adj. | |
| Tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas. |
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| A grotesque reflection in the mirror. |
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| Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission. |
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| They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar. | |
| When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly. | |
| From this point on, the story becomes so twisted and grotesque that I can't stop reading it anymore. | |
| It is grotesque: every private company, even small private companies, think European nowadays, but not so the governments of their states. | |
| Quite apart from the concerns surrounding this injustice itself, it seems grotesque that this situation has been brought about by a committee whose very purpose of existence is the defence of women's rights and equal opportunities. | |
| As the grotesque parade passed by, everyone came out of their homes, hypnotized. | |
| What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque. | |
| In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again. | |
| The figures and grotesque masks decorating the modillions are interesting. | |
| The exposition is dedicated to photographs of ideal, natural, and grotesque bodies; conceives of sexuality as a part of existence; and presents photographed sexual practices, desires, and phantasms. | |
| It's grotesque. | |
| Tom is grotesque. | |
| noun | |
| I saw some English female soldiers in yesterday night's news reel. For some, you couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but the majority were rather feminine, and it didn't feel that grotesque. | |
| If the agreement were enforced, it would create a situation verging on the grotesque. | |
| His photographs are unsparingly critical, and his inimitable eye unmasks the banal as well as the grotesque. | |