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Grotesque

Grotesque Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grotesque? [n] art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants [adj] 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" [adj] ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grotesque: antic \| fantastic \| fantastical \| monstrous \| strange \| ugly \| unnatural \| unusual Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grotesque: aberrant \| abnormal \| absurd \| anomalous \| antic \| art object \| bandy \| bandy-legged \| baroque \| beyond belief \| bizarre \| blemished \| bloated \| bowlegged \| brain-born \| brainchild \| bric-a-brac \| cacogenic \| classic \| club-footed \| cockamamie \| comic \| comical \| composition \| crazy \| creation \| curious \| defaced \| deformed \| design \| disfigured \| distorted \| dream-built \| droll \| dwarfed \| eerie \| extravagant \| extreme \| fanciful \| fancy-born \| fancy-built \| fancy-woven \| fantasque \| fantastic \| flamboyant \| flatfooted \| florid \| foolish \| freak \| freakish \| gargoylish \| gnarled \| Gothic \| gruesome \| high-flown \| ill-made \| ill-proportioned \| ill-shaped \| incongruous \| incredible \| kitsch \| knock-kneed \| laughable \| ludicrous \| maggoty \| malformed \| marred \| master \| masterpiece \| masterwork \| misbegotten \| misproportioned \| misshapen \| mobile \| monstrous \| museum piece \| mutilated \| nonsensical \| notional \| nude \| odd \| offbeat \| old master \| out of shape \| outlandish \| outrageous \| outre \| pasticcio \| pastiche \| peculiar \| piece \| piece of virtu \| pigeon-toed \| poppycockish \| preposterous \| pug-nosed \| queer \| rachitic \| rickety \| ridiculous \| rococo \| shapeless \| simous \| snub-nosed \| stabile \| statue \| still life \| strange \| study \| stumpy \| swaybacked \| talipedic \| teratic \| teratogenic \| teratoid \| truncated \| twisted \| uncanny \| unshapely \| virtu \| weird \| whimsical \| wild \| work \| work of art See Also \| art \| fine art Grotesque In Webster's Dictionary \Gro*tesque\, n. 1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. --Dryden. 2. Artificial grotto-work.

Grotesque Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grotesque?

[n] art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
[adj] 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"
[adj] ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"

See Also | art | fine art

Grotesque In Webster's Dictionary

\Gro*tesque\, n.
1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old
   crypts and grottoes. --Dryden.

2. Artificial grotto-work.

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