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- Dictionarygrotesque/ɡrə(ʊ)ˈtɛsk/
adjective
- 1. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted: "a figure wearing a grotesque mask" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a very ugly or comically distorted figure or image: "the rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques"
- 2. a family of 19th-century sans serif typefaces.
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GROTESQUE definition: 1. strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: 2. wrong or unfair…. Learn more.
The meaning of GROTESQUE is a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature.
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. Synonyms: wild, antic, weird, deformed, distorted. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.
GROTESQUE meaning: 1. strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: 2. wrong or unfair…. Learn more.
strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive. a grotesque distortion of the truth. The story was too grotesque to believe. It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money. The whole situation was really grotesque. Join us.
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
very strange and unpleasant, especially in a ridiculous or slightly frightening way: a grotesque image.
Use grotesque to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural way. If something "grosses you out," you can safely refer to it as grotesque. Grotesque also refers to a style of art that uses odd and fanciful combinations of natural, human, and animal forms.
The word "grotesque" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to something that is strange and ugly in appearance, often involving distortion and deliberate exaggeration. For example: The audience was horrified when the clown's face suddenly changed from a jolly expression to a grotesque grimace.
Grotesque Definition. In or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design. Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre.
