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- They looked even more grotesque now than when they were awake.†
p. 88.3
- Nine fearsome, ugly, half-naked, fifty-feet-long brutes lay sprawled over the ground in various grotesque attitudes of sleep, and the sound of their snoring was indeed like gunfire in a battle.†
p. 188.1 *
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.