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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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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.
Grotesque means strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way, or wrong or unfair to a shocking degree. It can also be a noun for a painting or other artistic work with an image of a person that is ugly or unpleasant as its subject.
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 means strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way, or wrong or unfair to a shocking degree. Learn more about the word, its usage and related terms with Cambridge Dictionary.
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
Grotesque means strange, unpleasant, offensive, or extremely ugly in a way that is often frightening or funny. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, and usage notes from Oxford University Press.
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.
