Synonyms:
grotesque, monstrous
Meaning: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"
Synonyms:
antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
Meaning: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
grotesque
Meaning: art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
Usage examples
Be sure they were grotesque.
I recollected myself before I had disclosed the grotesque and infernal chimera that haunts me."
He addressed himself to the unseen multitudes who stared upon him through those grotesque black eyes.
As we came still nearer, this individual began to run to and fro on the beach, making the most grotesque movements.
Some of his greatest work in later years was done in this grotesque Western fashion,--"sitting on his shoulder-blades."
When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly.
With this grotesque apostrophe to himself, he commenced retracing the footmarks that had guided him to the edge of the opening.
To be lost in the pear is to die almost the death of the thief on the cross, pierced by nails and with grotesque shapes of all the fiends hovering about.
Zeb took no notice of these grotesque demonstrations; but, once more bending over the prostrate form, proceeded to complete the examination already begun.
Everybody around him was being robbed by the grotesque and murderous bands that played their game of governments and revolutions after the death of Guzman Bento.