grotesque
[adjective]
Synonyms: unnatural, bizarre, deformed, distorted, fantastic, freakish, outlandish, preposterous, strange

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Related Words: baroque, flamboyant, rococo, eerie, uncanny, weird, extravagant, extreme, comic, comical, droll, ludicrous

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English Thesaurus: ugly, unattractive, unsightly, hideous, repulsive, ...

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I. gro‧tesque¹ /ɡrəʊˈtesk $ ɡroʊ-/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Old Italian (pittura) grottesca 'cave painting', from grotta; ⇒ grotto]

1. unpleasant, shocking, and offensive:
It’s grotesque to portray peace campaigners as unpatriotic.
By modern standards, the treatment of prisoners was grotesque.

2. extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
a grotesque figure with a huge head
—grotesquely adverb

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II. grotesque² noun

1. [countable] a picture, sculpture etc of someone who is strangely ugly

2. the grotesque a grotesque style in art

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ugly very unpleasant to look at - used about people, objects, and buildings:
She thinks she's ugly but she's not.
an ugly block of flats
cheap ugly furniture
unattractive not pleasant to look at. Unattractive sounds more formal and less strong than ugly:
an unattractive modern town which was built during the 1960s
Women found him unattractive.
unsightly formal not pleasant to look at, and spoiling the appearance of something:
Unsightly red spots started to appear on her face.
The windows have been blocked off with unsightly metal bars.
hideous extremely ugly:
His hideous face twisted into a smile.
a hideous concrete shopping centre
a hideous monster
repulsive extremely ugly, especially in a way that makes you want to look away:
His appearance was so repulsive he had to wear a mask.
grotesque extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
A grotesque figure appeared out of the darkness.
an eyesore (also a blot on the landscape) noun [singular] something that is so ugly that it spoils the appearance of an area:
Local residents regard the new office building as an eyesore.
I think wind turbines are a blot on the landscape - why can't people just use less electricity?

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