Associations to the word «Grotesque»
Noun
Adjective
- Lavish
- Puppet
- Padded
- Witty
- Arched
- Drooping
- Facial
- Blackened
- Majestic
- Shadowed
- Antique
- Costume
- Colourful
- Erotic
- Shocking
- Fro
- Rude
- Vivid
- Stately
- Grim
- Pornographic
- Laughing
- Surmounted
- Medieval
- Inexplicable
- Exquisite
- Ragged
- Huge
- Thousand
- Coarse
- Dramatic
- Glittering
- Sprawling
- Shameful
- Lofty
- Geometric
- Teutonic
- Queer
- Scorched
- Shielded
- Colossal
- Mock
- Clawed
- Squat
- Wonderful
Wiktionary
GROTESQUE, adjective. Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
GROTESQUE, adjective. Disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
GROTESQUE, adjective. (typography) sans serif.
GROTESQUE, noun. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
GROTESQUE, noun. Anything grotesque.
GROTESQUE, noun. (typography) A sans serif typeface.
Dictionary definition
GROTESQUE, noun. Art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants.
GROTESQUE, adjective. Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes".
GROTESQUE, adjective. Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror".
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