I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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so
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One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.
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The solution seemed so grotesque that his nerve almost failed him.
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Sometimes I wonder now whether I dreamed some of it, so much was just unbelievable, so grotesque .
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Their faces, I mean; so - so grotesque .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The disease can also cause grotesque lumps under the skin," Ketch said.
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Suddenly the grotesque figure of the hunchback Quasimodo loomed out of the darkness.
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The boy was twisting one side of his face in grotesque imitation of his grandfather.
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The news showed grotesque film clips of people being attacked by dogs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the very least I claim to be pitiful, grotesque , or appalling.
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He began to run about in front of her, to turn, to perform grotesque dance movements that were not without some grace.
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I was not her troublesome doll, then, her grotesque duty.
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In all my fatty, even grotesque innocence they consumed me, wherever I went, on whomever I smiled.
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In the bar, a single candle threw grotesque shadows across the ceiling.
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It also brings with it bad luck and a grotesque litany of deaths.
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One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.
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The scaffolding tumbled down, burying him under a grotesque criss-cross of beams and posts.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He eased inside Rosie with her pants still on, they rolled around each other like grotesques.
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The rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques, but are harmless.