At Does Grotesque Mean?
1A: a Style of Decorative Art Characterized by Fanciful or Fantastic Human and Animal Forms Often Interwoven with Foliage or Similar Figures That May Distort...
1a : a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature. b : a piece of work in this style an ornate structure, embellished with grotesques. 2 : one that is ...
What does grotesque mean in a sentence?
grotesque adjective (UGLY)
strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque. Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures.
How do you use grotesquely in a sentence?
- He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he's ever had.
- He was a grotesquely inappropriate choice of speaker.
- The third had a grotesquely enlarged thumb.
- Beatings are followed by grotesquely litigious demands for compensation.
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