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单词 grotesque
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grotesque

His career and his personal life were a grotesque mirror image of decay.There is something grotesque about a civilised society failing to give people clean enough air.Why make yourself look a grotesque caricature of yourself?From a distance it looked like a grotesque act of vanity.He had become a grotesque parody of himself and the gallery at last began to avert its eyes.It damages others of us in ways more grotesque but in ways we do a pretty good job of covering up.Shock and disgust remain her primary tactic; the effect is more grotesque comedy.It was a grotesque image.THE grotesque images of last week's riots will haunt us for many years to come.I didn't want to be some grotesque parody of womanhood.And I was really embarrassed about how grotesque it looked.For grotesque this was or, in its own scarily inventive way, grotesque burlesque.On the contrary, it is a grotesque, undignified parody.Now the Home Secretary must crack down on another grotesque abuse.During the fuss over the grotesque abuse of women on Twitter, one thing caught my eye.It is the comedy of the grotesque, performed with hideous conviction, that requires a strong stomach.A grotesque parody Perhaps that's fine.

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grotesque

British English: grotesque ADJECTIVE
You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.
...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.
  • American English: grotesque
  • Brazilian Portuguese: grotesco
  • Chinese: 荒唐的
  • European Spanish: grotesco
  • French: grotesque
  • German: grotesk
  • Italian: grottesco
  • Japanese: グロテスクな
  • Korean: 기괴한
  • European Portuguese: grotesco
  • Latin American Spanish: grotesco
British English: grotesque NOUN
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
His novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
  • American English: grotesque
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aberração
  • Chinese: 怪异的人
  • European Spanish: persona grotesca
  • French: personnage grotesque
  • German: groteske Person
  • Italian: personaggio grottesco
  • Japanese: グロテスクな人
  • Korean: 괴물같은 인물
  • European Portuguese: aberração
  • Latin American Spanish: persona grotesca

Chinese translation of 'grotesque'

grotesque

(ɡrəˈtɛsk)

adj

  1. (= shocking) 荒唐的 (huāngtáng de)
  2. (= ugly) 丑(醜)陋的 (chǒulòu de)
(adjective) 
Definition
strangely distorted or bizarre
statues of grotesque mythical creatures
Synonyms
unnatural
The altered landscape looks unnatural and weird.
bizarre
That book you lent me is really bizarre.
weird
I don't like that guy – he's really weird.
odd
Something odd began to happen.
strange
There was something strange about the flickering blue light.
fantastic
outlandish and fantastic images
distorted
His face was distorted but recognizable.
fanciful
fanciful ideas about Martian life
deformed
He was born with a deformed right leg.
outlandish
This idea is not as outlandish as it seems.
whimsical
He had an offbeat, whimsical sense of humour.
freakish
a freakish monstrous thing, something out of a dream
misshapen
baskets of misshapen vegetables
malformed
Her leg had been malformed from birth.
Opposites
natural
,
normal
(adjective) 
Definition
strangely distorted or bizarre
the grotesque disparities between the rich and the poor
Synonyms
absurd
They go to absurd lengths just to avoid paying a few pounds.
ridiculous
It was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
ludicrous
It's a completely ludicrous idea.
preposterous
The whole idea was preposterous.
incongruous
She looked incongruous in an army uniform.
Opposites
natural
,
normal

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bizarre
Definition
odd or unusual, esp. in an interesting or amusing way
That book you lent me is really bizarre.
Synonyms
strange,
odd,
unusual,
out there (slang),
extraordinary,
fantastic,
curious,
weird,
way-out (informal),
peculiar,
eccentric,
abnormal,
ludicrous,
queer (archaic),
irregular,
rum (British, slang),
uncommon,
singular,
grotesque,
perplexing,
uncanny,
mystifying,
off-the-wall (slang),
outlandish,
comical,
oddball (informal),
off the rails,
zany,
unaccountable,
off-beat,
left-field (informal),
freakish,
wacky (informal),
wacko (slang, old-fashioned),
outré,
cockamamie (slang, US),
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of deformed
Definition
disfigured or misshapen
He was born with a deformed right leg.
Synonyms
distorted,
bent,
twisted,
crooked,
warped,
maimed,
marred,
mangled,
disfigured,
misshapen,
malformed,
misbegotten
in the sense of distorted
His face was distorted but recognizable.
Synonyms
deformed,
bent,
twisted,
crooked,
irregular,
warped,
buckled,
disfigured,
contorted,
misshapen

Synonyms of 'grotesque'

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