ALL meanings of grotesque
gro·tesque
G g - adjective grotesque monstrous 1
- noun grotesque monstrous character 1
- adjective grotesque odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. 1
- adjective grotesque fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. 1
- noun grotesque any grotesque object, design, person, or thing. 1
- noun grotesque Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted. 1
- adjective grotesque You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you. 0
- adjective grotesque If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly. 0
- countable noun grotesque A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting. 0
- adjective grotesque strangely or fantastically distorted; bizarre 0
- adjective grotesque of or characteristic of the grotesque in art 0
- adjective grotesque absurdly incongruous; in a ludicrous context 0
- noun grotesque a 16th-century decorative style in which parts of human, animal, and plant forms are distorted and mixed 0
- noun grotesque a decorative device, as in painting or sculpture, in this style 0
- noun grotesque the family of 19th-century sans serif display types 0
- noun grotesque any grotesque person or thing 0
- adjective grotesque 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 0
- adjective grotesque characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre 0
- adjective grotesque ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd 0
- noun grotesque a grotesque painting, sculpture, design, etc. 0
- noun grotesque a grotesque thing or quality 0