All 3 Uses of
grotesque
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- He tried to smile at her ingratiatingly and felt that shame again, he felt grotesque to himself, a stranger.†
Chpt 1
- She went to the door, paused there for a moment, and then, grotesquely, blew him a kiss.†
Chpt 1 *
- She smiled, a pulling of the lips that was grotesquely puppet-like, and slipped to his side in her silent white nurse' shoes.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, grotesque can refer to a style of art or instances of it that combines or distorts in a fanciful way natural forms into something that is often ugly or disturbing. Grotesque can also be used specifically to reference a gargoyle-like sculpture without a waterspout.