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词汇 grotesque
释义 grotesque
adjective
uk /ɡrəʊˈtesk/ us /ɡroʊˈtesk/

grotesqueadjective (UGLY)


strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: 怪诞的,荒谬的;奇形怪状的;丑陋的
By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.她现在因为作了太多的整容手术,看上去让人觉得怪异可怖。
Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures.哥特式的教堂到处都饰有魔鬼和形状怪诞的形象。
Synonyms
ghastlyUKinformal
grim(UNPLEASANT)informal
hideous
ugly(NOT ATTRACTIVE)
unattractive
unprepossessing
unsightlyformal
The performers wear grotesque masks.
The sculpture was hideously grotesque.
They shared comically grotesque stories of their experiences.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable

grotesqueadjective (WRONG)


wrong or unfair to a shocking degree:
This war has been a grotesque mistake.
The way he behaved towards me was grotesque.
This was a grotesque injustice.
This proposal is so bizarre and grotesque that I cannot imagine who would support it.
There is something grotesque about exploiting her husband's terrible injuries for cash.
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Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissipated
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
enormity
nefariousness
no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
obscene
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably
unethical

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grotesquely
grotesque
noun[ C ]
uk /ɡrəʊˈtesk/ us /ɡroʊˈtesk/
a painting or other artistic work with an image of a person that is ugly or unpleasant as its subject: 表现怪诞主题的油画(或艺朮品)
Spencer's grotesques are his best works.斯宾塞最好的作品是那些表现怪诞主题的油画。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
alien
anomaly
anti-alien
Bermuda Triangle
corn circle
flake
kook
kryptonite
loiterer
Martian
masochist
pervert
quirk
screwball
sicko
sociopath
sociopathic
space cadet
spaceman
whack job

grotesque | American Dictionary


grotesque
adjective
us/ɡroʊˈtesk/
strange and often frightening in appearance or character:
Some deep-sea creatures look really grotesque.

grotesquely


adverbus/ɡroʊˈtesk·li/
His face was grotesquely scarred.

Examples of grotesque


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Legends circulated about him, too - ambiguous and sometimes grotesque.
The edifice has a central plan and has two niches with decorations, grotesques and ancient statues.
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Their art was notable for its surrealism and cartoon-influenced grotesques.
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The latter are used for grotesque or absurd ends.
The local delicacies appear to be grotesque creations when compared with the lost delights of home.
One of the most notable features is an oak doorway with an ogee arch flanked above by ornamental grotesques.
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Others may prefer his slightly sardonic, action-packed grotesques of circus clowns or of merely comical people.
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Above the arches is a plain frieze with carved grotesques at the corners, topped with machicolated corbelling.
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Light scrolling grotesques could be ordered by confining them within the framing of a pilaster to give them more structure.
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The first includes ornaments adopted from antiquity: grotesques, architectural ornaments such as the orders, foliage scrolls and self-contained elements such as trophies, terms and vases.
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The pinnacles, faced with gable and finial devices, are crocketed with grotesques.
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In his serenade, for example, the rhymes are obvious and stilted; more grotesque still are the violations of metre and the misplaced accents.
To the earlier-noted grotesque pattern of separated body parts, these pairings add a further element of the fear evoked by cosmological power-beings.
If the understanding is still weaker, he hits upon the grotesque - meaningful dreams, presentiments, and miraculous portents.
There are human heads, no two alike, and some pulling faces; angels; animals and grotesques.
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