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grotesque

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of grotesque

1 disagreeable to oneʼs aesthetic or artistic sense

the gaudy, overdecorated interior of the gambling casino was just too grotesque for my taste

Synonyms of grotesque

grating, harsh, jarring, unaesthetic

Words Related to grotesque

acid, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry

tacky, tasteless, vulgar

inartistic, unartistic

artless, clumsy, crude, graceless, inelegant, rude

uncouth, uncultured, unrefined

disgusting, gross, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, ugly

disagreeable, jolting, unpleasant, unpleasing

blaring, clashing, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonious, jangling, off-key, ragged, raspy, raucous, unmelodious, unmusical

bizarre, kinky, odd, outlandish, shocking

Near Antonyms of grotesque

artful, artistic

attractive, beautiful, becoming, comely

agreeable, appealing, felicitous, good, harmonious, harmonizing, pleasing, seemly

calming, comforting, soothing

softened, subdued

cultured, elegant, graceful, gracious, polished, refined, tasteful

Antonyms of grotesque

aesthetic (also esthetic)

2 unpleasant to look at

that bloody Halloween mask is grotesque

Synonyms of grotesque

hideous, homely, ill-favored, monstrous, ugly, unappealing, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vile

Words Related to grotesque

abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, gross, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening

frumpish, frumpy, plain, unaesthetic, unbecoming, unshapely

Near Antonyms of grotesque

imposing, impressive, prepossessing

Antonyms of grotesque

aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored

Synonym Discussion of grotesque

fantastic, bizarre, grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention.

- dreamed up fantastic rumors

bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination.

- a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city

grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones.

- grotesque statues on the cathedral
- though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile

grotesque

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of grotesque

a strange or horrible and often frightening creature

a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie

Synonyms of grotesque

grotesquerie (also grotesquery), monster, monstrosity, ogre

Words Related to grotesque

bête noire, bogey (also bogie), bugaboo, bugbear

banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, fright, imp, incubus

abomination, anathema

abnormality, freak

mutant, mutation

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