grotesque
adjective
noun
Origin of grotesque
Synonyms for grotesque
Related Words for grotesque
whimsical, fantastic, monstrous, ridiculous, eerie, ludicrous, strange, preposterous, outlandish, fanciful, absurd, bizarre, odd, surrealistic, gross, flamboyant, antic, queer, weird, aberrantExamples from the Web for grotesque
Contemporary Examples of grotesque
Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.
Why is the sight—or mere thought—of other adults having sex thought of as grotesque, bad, or forbidden in the year 2014?
Porn Stars Are People Too, Dammit: Lisa Ann’s Notre Dame Date and the Trolling of David GregoryAurora Snow
October 25, 2014
Except in cases with the highest body count, or the most grotesque cruelty, white victims were the only ones that mattered.
At least Jake Gyllenhaal shaved off his grotesque face scarf this year.
The runoff has turned into a macabre political sideshow filled with grotesque attacks and ugly accusations.
Historical Examples of grotesque
The outrage on the Warden was not so grotesque, but the effect was the same.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
It has a pompous Latin name, but it is incurably Gothic and grotesque.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
But this grotesque sentiment did not pass current even in the smoking-room.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
Who and what were the persons of whom the preacher gave this grotesque account?
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IMrs. Humphry Ward
And all waited on what the grotesque, bloated figure they watched might reveal.
The Bluff of the HawkAnthony Gilmore