'Grotesque' definitions:
Definition of 'grotesque'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: grotesque, monstrous]
adjective
Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque]
noun
Art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
Definition of 'Grotesque'
From: GCIDE
- Grotesque \Gro*tesque"\ (gr[-o]*t[e^]sk"), a. [F., fr. It. grottesco, fr. grotta grotto. See Grotto.]
- 1. Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." --Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grotesque'
From: GCIDE
- Grotesque \Gro*tesque\, n.
- 1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Artificial grotto-work. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grotesque'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Gothic,
- 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