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grotesque
Synonyms and Antonyms of grotesque
- The gaudy, overdecorated interior of the gambling casino was just too grotesque for my taste.
acid, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry
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
- That bloody Halloween mask is grotesque.
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, gross, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening
Synonym Discussion of grotesque
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- dreamed up fantastic rumors
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- a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city
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- grotesque statues on the cathedral
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- though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile
grotesque
Synonyms and Antonyms of grotesque
- a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie
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