All 6 Uses of
grotesque
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- For one moment every one stared at him without a word; and at once every one felt that something revolting, grotesque, positively scandalous, was about to happen.†
Chpt 2
- But at this point another almost incredible scene of grotesque buffoonery gave the finishing touch to the episode.†
Chpt 2 *
- When it has been attempted, the result has been only grotesque.†
Chpt 4
- "For I ought to have owned my fault as soon as I got here, before he had fired a shot, before leading him into a great and deadly sin; but we have made our life so grotesque, that to act in that way would have been almost impossible, for only after I have faced his shot at the distance of twelve paces could my words have any significance for him, and if I had spoken before, he would have said, 'He is a coward, the sight of the pistols has frightened him, no use to listen to him.'†
Chpt 6
- I will note, too, in passing, that although many in our town knew of the grotesque and monstrous rivalry of the Karamazovs, father and son, the object of which was Grushenka, scarcely any one understood what really underlay her attitude to both of them.†
Chpt 7
- But I've read Candide in the Russian translation …. in an absurd, grotesque, old translation ….†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong