Synonyms for grotesque
groʊˈtɛskgrotesque

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1. grotesque

   That is fanciful which is dictated or suggested by fancy independently of more serious considerations; the fantastic is the fanciful with the added elements of whimsicalness and extravagance. The fanciful swings away from the real or the ordinary lightly and pleasantly, the fantastic extravagantly, the grotesque ridiculously. A fanciful arrangement of objects is commonly pleasing, a fantastic arrangement is striking, a grotesque arrangement is laughable. A fanciful theory or suggestion may be clearly recognized as such; a visionary scheme is erroneously supposed to have a basis in fact. Compare synonyms for DREAM; IDEA; IMAGINATION.

   Synonyms:
   chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, imaginative, visionary

   Antonyms:
   accurate, calculable, calculated, commonplace, literal, ordinary, prosaic, real, reasonable, regular, sensible, solid, sound, sure, true

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1. grotesque

   Synonyms:
   whimsical, quaint, old, burlesque, archaic, caricatured, distorted

   Antonyms:
   classic, chaste, fina, fashionable, graceful, severe

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1. grotesqueadjective

   art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

   Antonyms:
   beautiful, familiar

2. grotesque, monstrousadjective

   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:
   flagitious, antic, fantastic, monstrous, fantastical, atrocious, grievous

   Antonyms:
   beautiful, familiar

3. antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesqueadjective

   ludicrously odd

   "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, tremendous, terrific, antic, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, wild, monstrous, marvelous, fantastical, rattling(a), grand

   Antonyms:
   familiar, beautiful

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1. outlandishadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

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1. grotesqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   fantastic, fanciful, odd, whimsical, extravagant, unnatural, wild, strange, BIZARRE

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1. grotesqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   fantastic, bizarre, outlandish, baroque, whimsical

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1. List of paraphrases for "grotesque":

   preposterous, ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical, bizarre, absurd, monstrous

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How to use grotesque in a sentence?

1. Sergio Ramos:

   La Liga has lost credibility. We feel trampled upon and humiliated, it is a long time since I have seen something so grotesque and shameful that doesn't benefit us or Madrid. All of us lose credibility.

2. Jeremy Corbyn:

   Going to war creates a legacy of bitterness and problems, let us be a force for change in the world, a force for humanity in the world, a force for peace in the world, and a force that recognizes we can not go on like this, with grotesque levels of global inequality, grotesque threats to our environment all around the world, without the rich and powerful governments stepping up to the plate to make sure our world becomes safer and better -- and those people don't end up in poverty, in refugee camps, wasting their lives away.

3. André Breton:

   To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

4. Jeffrey Toobin:

   It's a grotesque abuse of power by the President of the United States.

5. Gerald Scarfe:

   I do have a weird vision of the world, ever since I started I was told, 'You're Hieronymus Bosch, your drawings are grotesque.' But of course, they don't seem like that to me.