Grotesque

Quick meaning: Grotesque is an adjective meaning Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.

Meaning

Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.

More Meanings

1. Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting.
2. (typography) Sans serif.
3. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
4. Anything grotesque.
5. (typography) A sans serif typeface.
6. (transitive) To make grotesque.

Example Sentences

This is to grotesque Dante, not to translate him.

Obese and largely unintelligible, Don Vito represents a working-class white male grotesque, the picture of excess.

Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.

He’s also the new character from Sacha Baron Cohen, the man behind Ali G, Borat and Brüno: that unholy trinity of comic grotesques that told us a lot more about ourselves than we’d like to admit.

Word Forms

• grotesquer
• grotesquest
• grotesques
• grotesquing
• grotesqueing
• grotesqued

Synonyms for grotesque

Depending on context, synonyms include gross, strange, unusual, antic, fantastic, fantastical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monstrous, strange, ugly, unusual, antic, fantastical.

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