I. gro ‧ tesque 1 /ɡrəʊˈtesk $ ɡroʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Old Italian (pittura) grottesca 'cave painting' , from grotta ; ⇨ ↑ grotto ]
1 . unpleasant, shocking, and offensive:
It’s grotesque to portray peace campaigners as unpatriotic.
By modern standards, the treatment of prisoners was grotesque.
2 . extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
a grotesque figure with a huge head
—grotesquely adverb
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THESAURUS
■ extremely ugly
▪ hideous extremely ugly:
His hideous face twisted into a smile.
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a hideous concrete shopping centre
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a hideous monster
▪ repulsive extremely ugly, especially in a way that makes you want to look away:
His appearance was so repulsive he had to wear a mask.
▪ grotesque extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
A grotesque figure appeared out of the darkness.
▪ an eyesore ( also a blot on the landscape ) noun [singular] something that is so ugly that it spoils the appearance of an area:
Local residents regard the new office building as an eyesore.
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I think wind turbines are a blot on the landscape - why can't people just use less electricity?
II. grotesque 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] a picture, ↑ sculpture etc of someone who is strangely ugly
2 . the grotesque a grotesque style in art