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Bookmark or Share- GROTESQUE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarystrange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque. Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing. unsightly formal.
- GROTESQUE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary1. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. 2. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. noun. 3. any grotesque object, design, person, or thing.
- Grotesque - WikipediaIn art, grotesques are ornamental arrangements of arabesques with interlaced garlands and small and fantastic human and animal figures, usually set out in a symmetrical pattern around some form of architectural framework, though this may be very flimsy.
- GROTESQUE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comodd 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 - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comUse 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.
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