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Another word for grotesque

Adjective

  1. Resembling a freak

    2. See also:

    usual

  2. Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense

    3. See also:

    usual

    true

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Another word for grotesque

Modifier

  1. Ludicrously incongruous

    2. See also:

    unusual

  2. Incongruous in form

    3. See also:

    deformed

  3. Deliberately incongruous for artistic purposes

    4. See also:

    fantastic

    art

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Sentence Examples

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

  • 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.

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

  • ANGLER, also sometimes called fishing-frog, frog-fish, seadevil (Lophius piscatorius), a fish well known off the coasts of Great Britain and Europe generally, the grotesque shape of its body and its singular habits having attracted the attention of naturalists of all ages.

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