Grotesque synonyms
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Part of speech:
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
Not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
Wonderful or superb; remarkable:
The definition of abnormal is a description that means unusual, odd or out of the ordinary.
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The definition of bizarre is a very strange person or thing.
Abnormally or faultily formed.
Incongruous in form
Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality.
Alternative capitalization of Dadaist.
deformed (related)
Changed as in form or shape, esp., changed to such an extent as to be misshapen, disfigured, or ugly
art (related)
Of or for works of art or artists
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Impossible to take seriously; silly:
Odd and funny; ludicrous
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
Repulsive, especially to the sight; revolting.
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The definition of incongruous is something that doesn't fit in or that is jarring in relation to its surroundings.
The definition of outlandish is something bizarre or ridiculously out-of-the-ordinary.
Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way:
bizarrerie
A bizarre quality
A traditional festival with exhibitions of horsemanship among the Maghrebi Berbers.
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A roof spout usually in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
grotesquery
The state of being grotesque; grotesqueness.
A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
An early type of magic-lantern show consisting of various optical illusions in which objects rapidly change size, blend into one another, etc.
nice (antonym)
1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:
pretty (antonym)
The definition of pretty is someone or something that is attractive in a delicate way.
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shapely (antonym)
Having a pleasing or graceful shape or form; well-proportioned
Extremely immoral or cruel:
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
That is barely believable based on logical or normal thinking
usual (related)
Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed:
true (related)
(Logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
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Find another word for grotesque. In this page you can discover 53 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for grotesque, like: ugly, odd, weird, queer, unusual, fantastic, abnormal, bizarre, malformed, distorted and surrealistic.
