grotesque 音標拼音: [grot'ɛsk]
n . 怪異圖案
a . 奇怪的,可笑的
怪異圖案奇怪的,可笑的
grotesque adj 1 :
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 "
[
synonym : {
grotesque }, {
monstrous }]
2 :
ludicrously odd ; "
Hamlet '
s assumed antic disposition ";
"
fantastic Halloween costumes "; "
a grotesque reflection in the mirror " [
synonym : {
antic }, {
fantastic }, {
fantastical },
{
grotesque }]
n 1 :
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants Grotesque \
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grottesco ,
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grotta grotto .
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1 .
Like the figures found in ancient grottoes ;
grottolike .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
Wildly or strangely formed ;
whimsical ;
extravagant ;
of irregular forms and proportions ;
fantastic ;
ludicrous ;
antic . "
Grotesque design ." --
Dryden . "
Grotesque incidents ." --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
Grotesque \
Gro *
tesque \,
n .
1 .
A whimsical figure ,
or scene ,
such as is found in old crypts and grottoes . --
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Artificial grotto -
work .
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1913 Webster ]
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "
grotesque ":
Gothic ,
aberrant ,
abnormal ,
absurd ,
anomalous ,
antic ,
art object ,
bandy ,
bandy -
legged ,
baroque ,
beyond belief ,
bizarre ,
blemished ,
bloated ,
bowlegged ,
brain -
born ,
brainchild ,
bric -
a -
brac ,
cacogenic ,
classic ,
club -
footed ,
cockamamie ,
comic ,
comical ,
composition ,
crazy ,
creation ,
curious ,
defaced ,
deformed ,
design ,
disfigured ,
distorted ,
dream -
built ,
droll ,
dwarfed ,
eerie ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fanciful ,
fancy -
born ,
fancy -
built ,
fancy -
woven ,
fantasque ,
fantastic ,
flamboyant ,
flatfooted ,
florid ,
foolish ,
freak ,
freakish ,
gargoylish ,
gnarled ,
gruesome ,
high -
flown ,
ill -
made ,
ill -
proportioned ,
ill -
shaped ,
incongruous ,
incredible ,
kitsch ,
knock -
kneed ,
laughable ,
ludicrous ,
maggoty ,
malformed ,
marred ,
master ,
masterpiece ,
masterwork ,
misbegotten ,
misproportioned ,
misshapen ,
mobile ,
monstrous ,
museum piece ,
mutilated ,
nonsensical ,
notional ,
nude ,
odd ,
offbeat ,
old master ,
out of shape ,
outlandish ,
outrageous ,
outre ,
pasticcio ,
pastiche ,
peculiar ,
piece ,
piece of virtu ,
pigeon -
toed ,
poppycockish ,
preposterous ,
pug -
nosed ,
queer ,
rachitic ,
rickety ,
ridiculous ,
rococo ,
shapeless ,
simous ,
snub -
nosed ,
stabile ,
statue ,
still life ,
strange ,
study ,
stumpy ,
swaybacked ,
talipedic ,
teratic ,
teratogenic ,
teratoid ,
truncated ,
twisted ,
uncanny ,
unshapely ,
virtu ,
weird ,
whimsical ,
wild ,
work ,
work of art
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GROTESQUE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The adjective form of "grotesque" was first used in the early 17th century to describe the decorative art but is now used to describe anything bizarre, incongruous, or unusual
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Grotesque Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary GROTESQUE meaning: 1 : very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural; 2 : extremely different from what is expected or usual
GROTESQUE Synonyms: 170 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster How is the word grotesque different from other adjectives like it? The words bizarre and fantastic are common synonyms of grotesque