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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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