All 3 Uses
grotesque
in
The Kite Runner
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- It wasn't easy, because Hassan's upper lip was a grotesque mesh of swollen, raw tissue.†
p. 46.8 *
- It was grotesque.†
p. 209.9
- The worst of it was my mouth, a grotesque blob of purple and red, all bruise and stitches.†
p. 303.9
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) 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.