Meaning Of The Word Grotesque

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grotesque
adjective: You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.

grotesque in American English
a grotesque painting, sculpture, design, etc.
in or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
adjective: odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
noun: any grotesque object, design, person, or thing

grotesque in British English
adjective: strangely or fantastically distorted; bizarre
noun: a 16th-century decorative style in which parts of human, animal, and plant forms are distorted and mixed

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