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Definition
distorted and unnatural in shape or size — especially in a disturbing way
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ugly, gross, or very wrong
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ugly, gross, or very wrong
- We have noted the gigantic proportions of religious edifices, the soaring lines, the horrible grotesques of monster-like gods, or, later, gargoyles.2.12 — Part 2 Chapter 12 (61% in)
- The huge crowd of guests did not dwarf her hall; it stood over them like a square box of space, grotesquely out of scale; and it was this wasted expanse of air imprisoned above them that gave the occasion an aspect of regal luxury; it was like the lid of a jewel case, unnecessarily large over a flat bottom holding a single small gem.2.6 — Part 2 Chapter 6 (32% in)
- He wore them with the careless impertinence of utter ease in the unbecoming, and the very grotesqueness of his appearance became a declaration of his superiority, a superiority great enough to warrant disregard of so much ungainliness.2.6 — Part 2 Chapter 6 (35% in)
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