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# grotesque

adjective (more grotesque, most grotesque); noun (grotesques)

«grotesque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/#m1)
2. A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure. (noun) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/#m2)

### In the lessons

devils, monsters and odd faces in old tales are described as grotesque

### Examples

- The gargoyle had a grotesque face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/#x1)
- The devil looked grotesque in the firelight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/#x2)
- Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grotesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotesque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grotesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grotesque.html) on Mova free.