grotesque

grotesque has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
• n.. Artificial grotto-work.
• n.. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
• a.. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"
• a.. ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"