grotesque en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque Borrowed from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix). By surface analysis, grotto + -esque. Compare French grotesque, English grotto.
Meanings
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Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
Some of the vehicles are, indeed, taxis, but all of them are unoccupied, and most have their doors left open. There are colossally tall darkened figures stalking down the streets, so dark and slender that Wheeler actually fails to notice them. There is screaming, a grotesque, awful screaming coming from many human mouths, coming from somewhere down the main road. But that's the only way he can go.
2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 141:A Libyan longing took us, and we would have chosen, if we could, to bear a strand of grotesque beads, or a handful of brazen gauds, and traffic them for some sable maid with crisp locks, whom, uncoffling from the captive train beside the desert, we should make to do our general housework forever, through the right of lawful purchase.
1912, The World's Wit and Humor, page 176:The chimney-piece was of party-coloured marble, covered with figures, some of whose faces were beautiful, but generally running off into those grotesque combinations which characterised the peculiar taste of their time.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 114:
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Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting.
Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.
2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN:
- Sans serif.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most grotesque | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more grotesque | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| grotesquer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| grotesquest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
grotesquely · grotesqueness · guro · grotty · grody · grotesquery · nongrotesque · ero-guro · ungrotesque
Synonyms
Translations (33)
bg странен (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · hi बेडौल (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · it grottesco (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · nl grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ro grotesc (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · gl grotesco (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · sv grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · cmn 怪模怪樣 /怪模怪样 (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · bg уродлив (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ja グロい (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · fi irvokas (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ja グロな (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · pt grotesco (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · am አስቀያሚ (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · es grotesco (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · de grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · eo groteska (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · hi कुरूप (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ru гроте́скный (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · he גרוטסקה (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · pl groteskowy (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · no grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · fr grotesque (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · fi groteski (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · tr acayip (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · hu groteszk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · da grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ja グロテスクな (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · crh acayip (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · tr grotesk (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · hi विरूप (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · ar غَرِيب (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) · hi विकृत (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)