All 3 Uses
grotesque
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- There were moments of grotesque humor.†
Chpt 7. *
- As the sun set, the shoreline grew even more grotesquely clogged with human bodies: Each Marine returning for supplies from the front brought a dead or wounded man with him.†
Chpt 7.
- Was the grotesque head finally a carcass, or was there venom still inside, and strength to lash yet again?†
Chpt 11.
Definitions:
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(1)
(grotesque) 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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(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.