grotesque
grotesque is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden.
- 2.Artificial grotto-work.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- absurdity
- affectation
- affected
- anticlimax
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- barbarous
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- bizarre
- bombast
- bombastic
- break
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- cacophony
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- contemptible
- crude
- dancing
- derisive
- dislocate
- doggerel
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
- dry
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- extravagance
- extravagant
- fanciful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is grotesque.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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