5 uses
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Definition
distorted and unnatural in shape or size — especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong
- "I find no fault in him," he said, and grotesquely rolled up his eyes.11 — The Dialogue of Houses (3% in)
- It would be impolite, grotesque, and above all, irrelevant.7 — The Dialogue on Wood and Stone (63% in)
- A creature crawling on hands and knees, unspeakably grotesque!7 — The Dialogue on Wood and Stone (87% in)
- We cannot live together—a grotesque mismatch of slightly paranoid personalities.19 — Workmen in a Quarry (78% in)
- The Sunlight Man clapped with a grotesque parody of delight, twirled away from them and out to the kitchen, then emerged not more than a second later, as it seemed to her, in a black and red cape, with a high silk hat balanced on his ratiocination-colored hair.20 — Winged Figure Carrying Sacrificial Animal (10% in)
There are no more uses of "grotesque" in The Sunlight Dialogues.
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