Grotesque Synonyms and Antonyms

grō-tĕsk
Deliberately incongruous for artistic purposes
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fantastic
  2. freakish
  3. surrealistic
  4. freaky
  5. dadaist
  6. monstrous
Antonyms:
  1. beautiful
  2. nice
  3. pretty
  4. shapely
Incongruous in form
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. malformed
  2. ugly
  3. distorted
Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fantastic
Characterized by ludicrous, repulsive, or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ugly
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. bizarrerie
  2. fantasia
  3. gargoyle
  4. grotesquery
  5. ignis fatuus
  6. phantasmagoria

Words Related to Grotesque

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Grotesque Sentence Examples

  • It was something grotesque, but definitely not a skeleton.

  • It often yawns when disturbed in the daytime, gaping its mandibles in a very grotesque manner.

  • Lovely incrustations alternate with queer and grotesque figures.

  • The work is highly imaginative and often grotesque, but it is pervaded by an unusually high ethical enthusiasm.

  • These masks may have grotesque or human features.

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