grotesque
English Thesaurus
1. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants (noun.artifact)
2. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous (adj.all)
| similar | : | ugly, |
| definition | : | displeasing to the senses (adj.all) |
3. ludicrously odd (adj.all)
4. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous (adj.all)
| derivation | : | grotesqueness, grotesquerie, grotesquery, |
| definition | : | ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity, |
| definition | : | a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed (noun.person) |
5. ludicrously odd (adj.all)
| derivation | : | grotesqueness, grotesquerie, grotesquery, |
| definition | : | ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion (noun.attribute) |
6. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous (adj.all)
| derivation | : | grotesqueness, grotesquerie, grotesquery, |
| definition | : | ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity, |
| definition | : | a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed (noun.person) |
7. ludicrously odd (adj.all)
| derivation | : | grotesqueness, grotesquerie, grotesquery, |
| definition | : | ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion (noun.attribute) |
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