transcription, транскрипция: [ groʊtesk ]
( grotesques)
1.
You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.
...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.
...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place.
ADJ
• gro‧tesque‧ly
He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he’s ever had.
ADV
2.
If someone or something is grotesque , they are very ugly.
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
= hideous
ADJ
• gro‧tesque‧ly
...grotesquely deformed beggars.
ADV : ADV adj / -ed
3.
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
Grass’s novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
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