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Definition
distorted and unnatural in shape or size — especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong
- Evidently she had hit on other absurd and grotesque aspects in her husband and was awaiting the moment to give expression to them.Part Four (9% in)
- A grotesque-looking lady wearing a bustle (Anna mentally undressed the woman, and was appalled at her hideousness), and a little girl laughing affectedly ran down the platform.Part Seven (96% in)
There are no more uses of "grotesque" in Anna Karenina.
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