grotesque

Grotesque is defined as repulsively ugly or shocking.

(adjective)

A very ugly, scary mask is an example of agrotesque mask.
When someone tells a really ridiculous lie, this is an example of agrotesque lie.

The definition of grotesque is very ugly, distorted or shocking.

(noun)

A genre of art that focuses on morbid images is an example of the grotesque.

See grotesque in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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
characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd

Origin: Fr < It grottesca (pittura), orig., (picture) in a cave < grotta, grotto: from resemblance to designs found in Roman caves

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See grotesque in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See Synonyms at fantastic.
Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.

noun

One that is grotesque.
a. A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.
b. A work of art executed in this style.

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Origin: From French, a fanciful style of decorative art

Origin: , from Italian grottesca

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine of grottesco, of a grotto

Origin: , from grotta, grotto; see grotto

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