Definitions
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix). By surface analysis, grotto + -esque. Compare French grotesque, English grotto.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
“Obese and largely unintelligible, Don Vito represents a working-class white male grotesque, the picture of excess.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Oddly distorted”9 letters
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