Adjective grotesque has 2 senses
- grotesque, monstrous, unnatural - distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"
Antonym: beautiful (indirect, via ugly)
- antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque - ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
Antonym: familiar (indirect, via strange)
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Noun grotesque has 1 sense
- grotesque - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
--1 is a kind of art, fine art
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