Synonyms of the word grotesque


GROTESQUEANTIC - ART - FANTASTIC - FANTASTICAL - MONSTROUS - STRANGE - UGLY - UNNATURAL - UNUSUAL

grotesque

  • adj. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
  • adj. disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
  • adj. (typography) sans serif.
  • n. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
  • n. Anything grotesque.
  • n. (typography) A sans serif typeface.

antic

  • adj. (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
  • adj. Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
  • adj. Obsolete form of antique.
  • n. (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
  • n. A caricature.
  • n. (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
  • n. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform antics, caper.
  • v. (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
  • n. (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before…

art

  • n. (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements…
  • n. (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
  • n. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
  • n. (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
  • n. (uncountable) Artwork.
  • n. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
  • n. (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
  • n. (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
  • v. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of be.

fantastic

  • adj. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
  • adj. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
  • adj. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
  • adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

fantastical

  • adj. Of or pertaining to fantasy.
  • adj. fanciful or whimsical.
  • adj. fantastic.

monstrous

  • adj. Hideous or frightful.
  • adj. Enormously large.
  • adj. Freakish or grotesque.
  • adj. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
  • adj. (obsolete) Marvellous; strange.

strange

  • adj. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
  • adj. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  • adj. (physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
  • adj. (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
  • adj. (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
  • adj. (obsolete) Backward; slow.
  • adj. (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) vagina.

ugly

  • adj. Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
  • adj. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  • adj. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
  • adj. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  • adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  • n. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  • n. (Britain, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
  • v. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

unnatural

  • adj. Not natural.
  • adj. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere.
  • adj. Going against nature; perverse.

unusual

  • adj. Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
  • adj. Not usual.
  • n. Something that is unusual; an anomaly.

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