All 5 Uses of
grotesque
in
Something Wicked This Way Comes
- A three-o'-clock-in-the-morning arrival, a grotesque-looking glass maze, a Sunday parade, a tall man with a swarm of electricblue pictures itching on his sweaty hide, a few drops of blood falling down through a pavement grille, two frightened boys staring up out of the earth, and himself, alone in mausoleum quiet, nudging the puzzle together.†
Part 2
- Was he or was he not your friend, the lightning-rod salesman, always on the road, never settling, ever-moving, facing no encounters, running ahead of the lightning and selling rods, yes, but leaving others to face the storm, so maybe, through accident, or design, when he fell in with the free rides, he shrank not to a boy but a mean ball of grotesque tripes, all self-involved.†
Part 2
- And none more grotesque than this thing named Witch Gypsy Reader-of-Dust, tickling, that's what! just tickling the air!†
Part 2
- And between the tents, ahead, in transit, they saw a grotesque parade.
Part 3 *grotesque = distorted and unnatural
- But somewhere, twenty seconds, ten seconds ago, the last glue crumbled, the last bolt of life fell free, and the mummy-doll, the Erector-set grotesque disencumbered itself in smoke puffs and November leaflets, a broadcast of mortality along the wind.†
Part 3
Definition:
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(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong