1 strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive:
a grotesque distortion of the truth * The story was too grotesque to believe. * It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money.
2 extremely ugly in a strange way, often causing fear or laughter:
a grotesque building / figure * tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks
grotesquely adverb:
He was a grotesquely inappropriate choice of speaker.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] a person who is extremely ugly in a strange way, especially in a book or painting
2 (the grotesque) [sing.] a style of art using grotesque figures and designs
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is grotesque a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, grotesque is tagged as adjective.
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