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grotesque

Definition

  • noun: 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
  • adjective: very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural
  • adjective: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the grotesque
  • synonyms: grottolike, whimsical, extravagant

Examples

  • The actors wore dark capes and 'grotesque' masks.

  • a 'grotesque' distortion of the facts

  • animals with 'grotesque' deformities

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