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grotesquegro‧tesque1 /ɡrəʊˈtesk $ ɡroʊ-/ ●○○ adjective   grotesque1Origin: 1500-1600 French, Old Italian (pittura) grottesca ‘cave painting’, from grotta; ➔ GROTTO - "The disease can also cause grotesque lumps under the skin," Ketch said.
- Suddenly the grotesque figure of the hunchback Quasimodo loomed out of the darkness.
- The boy was twisting one side of his face in grotesque imitation of his grandfather.
- The news showed grotesque film clips of people being attacked by dogs.
- At the very least I claim to be pitiful, grotesque, or appalling.
- He began to run about in front of her, to turn, to perform grotesque dance movements that were not without some grace.
- I was not her troublesome doll, then, her grotesque duty.
- In all my fatty, even grotesque innocence they consumed me, wherever I went, on whomever I smiled.
- In the bar, a single candle threw grotesque shadows across the ceiling.
- It also brings with it bad luck and a grotesque litany of deaths.
- One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.
- The scaffolding tumbled down, burying him under a grotesque criss-cross of beams and posts.
person► ugly extremely unattractive, with a face that is not at all nice to look at: · We hated our uncle. He was fat and ugly, with tiny eyes and a long, pointed nose .· An ugly little man came over and offered to buy me a drink. ► hideous extremely ugly, especially because you were born with something wrong with you: · In fairy stories the Prince is always very handsome, and the witch hideous.· a man with a hideous twisted lip ► repulsive very ugly and extremely unpleasant to look at, especially so that people do not like to look at you: · Delia was frightened of the operation, because afterwards she knew she would look repulsive.repulsive to: · The patient's disease was so terrible that his own skin was repulsive to him. ► grotesque extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way: · The boy was twisting one side of his face in grotesque imitation of his grandfather.· Suddenly the grotesque figure of the hunchback Quasimodo loomed out of the darkness. ► unsightly an unsightly spot, mark, hair on your face etc is very unattractive: unsightly scar/fat/mark/spot/hair etc: · The accident left Simon with unsightly scars.· Electrolysis gets rid of unsightly facial hair. ► he's/she's no oil-painting British /she's no Miss America American informal use this as a humorous way of saying that someone is ugly: · "What's Anna's new boyfriend like?" "Well, he's nice, but he's no oil painting." ADVERB► so· One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.· The solution seemed so grotesque that his nerve almost failed him.· Sometimes I wonder now whether I dreamed some of it, so much was just unbelievable, so grotesque.· Their faces, I mean; so - so grotesque. 1unpleasant, shocking, and offensive:  It’s grotesque to portray peace campaigners as unpatriotic. By modern standards, the treatment of prisoners was grotesque.2extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way: a grotesque figure with a huge head—grotesquely adverb |