GROTESQUE in THE CHOCOLATE WAR

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Definition

distorted and unnatural in shape or size — especially in a disturbing way

or:

ugly, gross, or very wrong

grotesquely = in a gross, distorted and unnatural way

He was aware of the other players around him, hel-meted and grotesque, creatures from an unknown world.
Chapter 1 (21% in)
The shadows of the goal posts sprawled on the field like grotesque crosses.
Chapter 2 (63% in)
Scarlet splotches glistened on his cheeks as if he had been made up for some grotesque stage show.
Chapter 11 (52% in)
What was it the guy on the Common had said the other day, his chin resting on the Volkswagen like some grotesque John the Baptist?
Chapter 18 (93% in)
The nearby gym was occupied by fellows either practicing basketball or boxing calisthenics and the walls echoed with thuddings, bouncings and whistles blowing, like a grotesque sound track.
Chapter 25 (7% in)
Do I dare disturb the universe? was now a grotesque jumble of unconnected letters.
Chapter 28 (54% in)

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grotesque used in The Chocolate War