All 3 Uses of
grotesque
in
The House of Mirth
- The contrast was too grotesque: she could scarcely suppress the smile it provoked.†
Chpt 1.15
- Grotesque?†
Chpt 2.1
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself.†
Chpt 2.2 *
Definition:
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(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong