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1. (adj.) grotesque
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
2. grotesque
fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.
3. (n.) grotesque
a grotesque object, design, person, or thing.
Etymology: (1555–65; < F < It grottesco (as n., grottesca grotesque decoration such as was appar. found in excavated dwellings), der. of grotta. See grotto , -esque)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) grotesque
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
2. (adj) grotesque, monstrous
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"
3. (adj) antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
ludicrously odd
"Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
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1. (noun) grotesque
a whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes
2. (noun) grotesque
artificial grotto-work
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Sense: very strange-looking
a grotesque figure.
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 Afrikaans: belaglike, groteske |
 Arabic: غَريب الشَّكْل |
 Bulgarian: странен |
 Brazilian: grotesco |
 Czech: groteskní |
 German: grotesk |
 Danish: grotesk |
 Greek: τερατώδης, αλλόκοτος |
 Spanish: grotesco |
 Estonian: pentsik |
 Farsi: عجیب و غریب |
 Finnish: groteski |
 French: grotesque |
 Hebrew: מְגוּחָך |
 Hindi: विलक्षण |
 Croatian: groteskan |
 Hungarian: groteszk |
 Indonesian: aneh |
 Icelandic: furðulegur, fáránlegur, k |
 Italian: grottesco |
 Japanese: 怪奇な |
 Korean: 기괴한 |
 Lithuanian: groteskiškas |
 Latvian: grotesks |
 Malay: aneh |
 Dutch: grotesk, vreemd; belachel |
 Norwegian: grotesk |
 Polish: groteskowy |
 Persian: عجیب و غریب |
 Pashto: جيب، بې ډوله.، خندوونكى ب |
 Portuguese: grotesco |
 Romanian: grotesc |
 Russian: гротесковый |
 Slovak: groteskný |
 Slovenian: grotesken |
 Serbian: groteskni |
 Swedish: grotesk |
 Thai: แปลกประหลาด |
 Turkish: acayip, gülünç |
 Taiwanese: 奇形怪狀的 |
 Ukrainian: абсурдний, безглуздий |
 Urdu: بھونڈا |
 Vietnamese: lố bịch |
 Chinese: 奇形怪状的 |
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