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gro·tesque
(grō-tĕsk′)adj.
1. Characterized by ludicrous, repulsive, or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner. See Synonyms at ugly.
2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See Synonyms at fantastic.
3. Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
n.
1. One that is grotesque.
2.
a. A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.
b. A work of art executed in this style.
[From French, a fanciful style of decorative art, from Italian grottesca, from feminine of grottesco, of a grotto, from grotta, grotto; see grotto.]
gro·tesque′ly adv.
gro·tesque′ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | grotesquely - in a grotesque manner; "behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies" |
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بِصورَة غَريبَه
groteskně
groteskt
fáránlega; kynlega
groteskne
acayip bir şekilde
grotesquely
[grəʊˈtesklɪ] ADV → grotescamente; [exaggerated] → bestialmente; [insensitive] → brutalmenteit was grotesquely unfair → fue tremendamente injusto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
grotesquely
[grəʊˈtɛskli] advCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
grotesquely
adv → auf groteske Art; swollen, deformed → grauenhaft; grotesquely exaggerated → bis ins Groteske übertrieben; the image in the mirror was grotesquely distorted → das Spiegelbild war so verzerrt, dass es schon grotesk war
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grotesque
(grəˈtesk) adjective very strange-looking. a grotesque figure.
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