grotesque
US: /ɡɹoʊˈtɛsk/
UK: /ɡɹəʊtˈɛsk/
UK: /ɡɹəʊtˈɛsk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
grotesque /grou'tesk/
- tính từ
- lố bịch, kỳ cục
- grotesque manners: thái độ lố bịch kỳ cục
- lố bịch, kỳ cục
- danh từ
- bức tranh kỳ cục, bức tượng kỳ cục
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive: a grotesque distortion of the truth + The story was too grotesque to believe. + It's grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money.
2 extremely ugly in a strange way, often causing fear or laughter: a grotesque building / figure + tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks
grotesquely adverb: He was a grotesquely inappropriate choice of speaker.
+ noun
1 [C] a person who is extremely ugly in a strange way, especially in a book or painting
2 (the grotesque) [sing.] a style of art using grotesque figures and designs
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 distorted, bizarre, freakish, twisted, misshapen, malformed, deformed, gruesome, gnarled:
Victor Hugo created the character of Quasimodo, the grotesque bell-ringer of Notre Dame.
2 absurd, incongruous, weird, odd, fantastic, strange, queer, peculiar, curious, outlandish, offbeat, abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, ludicrous, ridiculous, preposterous:
The idea of marrying Leonard is too grotesque for even Gladys to contemplate.
Concise English dictionary
grotesquesgrəʊ'tesk
noun
+art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
adj.
+distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
+ludicrously odd
