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grotesque

/ɡrəʊˈtɛsk/

/ɡroʊˈtɛsk/

grotesquenoun

grotesques

/ɡrəʊˈtɛsk/

/ɡroʊˈtɛsk/

Translations

grotesquePour désigner une figure, un personnage ou une image très laide ou caricaturale.

The artist painted a grotesque that startled everyone in the gallery.

L'artiste a peint un grotesque qui a surpris tout le monde dans la galerie.

Additional translations

grotesqueEn histoire de l'art, pour le décor ornemental de style grotesque.

Definitions

A style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature.

The cathedral was adorned with grotesques that depicted mythical creatures and distorted human figures.

A very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image.

The artist's latest sculpture was a grotesque that combined elements of both human and animal forms.

Synonyms

fantastical creature

bizarre figure

grotesqueadjective

grotesquer

Comp.

grotesquest

Super.

/ɡrəʊˈtɛsk/

/ɡroʊˈtɛsk/

Translations

grotesque

The sculptor created a grotesque mask for the exhibition.

Le sculpteur a créé un masque grotesque pour l'exposition.

Additional translations

grotesqueAu sens figuré, pour exprimer une inadéquation choquante.

grotesqueEn art et en architecture, pour des formes fantaisistes ou caricaturales.

Definitions

Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

The artist's grotesque sculptures were both fascinating and unsettling to the viewers.

Incongruous or inappropriate to a shocking degree.

The grotesque mismatch of colors in the outfit made it hard to look at.

Of, relating to, or characterized by fanciful or fantastic forms that distort the natural into caricature, especially in art or architecture.

The building's façade featured grotesque ornamentation around every window.

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