All 7 Uses of
grotesque
in
The Invisible Man by Wells
- And he proceeded to give Hall a vivid description of his grotesque guest.†
Chpt 2
- It's grotesque, no doubt.†
Chpt 18
- I was fasting; for to eat, to fill myself with unassimilated matter, would be to become grotesquely visible again.
Chpt 23 *grotesquely = unnatural in appearance in a disturbing way
- I proposed to make my way into the house, secrete myself upstairs, watch my opportunity, and when everything was quiet, rummage out a wig, mask, spectacles, and costume, and go into the world, perhaps a grotesque but still a credible figure.†
Chpt 23
- Finally I chose a mask of the better type, slightly grotesque but not more so than many human beings, dark glasses, greyish whiskers, and a wig.†
Chpt 23
- I was grotesque to the theatrical pitch, a stage miser, but I was certainly not a physical impossibility.†
Chpt 23
- They stood on the landing, Kemp speaking swiftly, the grotesque swathings of Griffin still on his arm.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
-
(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong