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grotesque
grotesque \groh-TESK\
adjective
Grotesque describes something that is very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural. It can also describe something that is extremely different from what is expected or usual.
// She opted for a scary Halloween costume, complete with a
grotesque monster mask.
// Their claim is a
grotesque distortion of the facts.
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Examples:
"At the heart of Mary Shelley's 1818 classic
Frankenstein and its many pop culture adaptations is the scene in the mad scientist’s lab where Victor Frankenstein, helped by a bolt of lightning, animates the
grotesque figure made out of human and animal parts lying on his anatomy table." — Candida Rifkind,
The Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 2026
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