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单词 grotesque
释义
grotesque
adjective
uk
/ɡrəʊˈtesk/us
/ɡroʊˈtesk/

grotesqueadjective(UGLY)

strangeandunpleasant,especiallyin asillyorslightlyfrighteningway:
怪诞的，荒谬的；奇形怪状的；丑陋的
By now she'd had so muchcosmeticsurgerythat shelookedquitegrotesque.她现在因为作了太多的整容手术，看上去让人觉得怪异可怖。
Gothicchurchesarefullofdevilsand grotesquefigures.哥特式的教堂到处都饰有魔鬼和形状怪诞的形象。
Synonyms
ghastlyUKinformal
grim(UNPLEASANT)informal
hideous
ugly(NOT ATTRACTIVE)
unattractive
unprepossessing
unsightlyformal
More examples
  • Theperformersweargrotesquemasks.
  • Thesculpturewashideouslygrotesque.
  • Theysharedcomicallygrotesquestoriesoftheirexperiences.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • objectionable
  • vile
  • woeful
  • woefully
  • wretchedly
  • yucky
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grotesqueadjective(WRONG)

wrongorunfairto ashockingdegree:
Thiswarhas been a grotesquemistake.
The way hebehavedtowards me was grotesque.
More examples
  • This was a grotesqueinjustice.
  • Thisproposalis sobizarreand grotesque that I cannotimaginewho wouldsupportit.
  • There is something grotesque aboutexploitingher husband'sterribleinjuriesforcash.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • obscenity
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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grotesquely
grotesque
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrəʊˈtesk/us
/ɡroʊˈtesk/
apaintingor otherartisticworkwith animageof apersonthat isuglyorunpleasantasitssubject:
表现怪诞主题的油画（或艺朮品）
Spencer's grotesques are hisbestworks.斯宾塞最好的作品是那些表现怪诞主题的油画。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
  • alien
  • anomaly
  • anti-alien
  • Bermuda Triangle
  • corn circle
  • eccentric
  • fairy
  • flake
  • kryptonite
  • loiterer
  • Martian
  • masochist
  • miracle
  • mutant
  • pervert
  • sociopath
  • space cadet
  • taniwha
  • Tardis
  • time traveller
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(Definition ofgrotesquefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
grotesque
adjective
uk
/ɡrəʊˈtesk/us
/ɡroʊˈtesk/
strangeandunpleasant,especiallyin asillyorslightlyfrighteningway
怪诞的，荒谬的；奇形怪状的；丑陋的
By now she'd had so muchcosmeticsurgerythat shelookedquitegrotesque.她现在因为作了太多的整容手术，看上去让人觉得怪异可怖。
Gothicchurchesarefullofdevilsand grotesquefigures.哥特式的教堂到处都饰有魔鬼和形状怪诞的形象。
grotesque
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrəʊˈtesk/us
/ɡroʊˈtesk/
apaintingor otherartisticworkwith animageof apersonthat isuglyorunpleasantasitssubject
表现怪诞主题的油画（或艺朮品）
Spencer's grotesques are hisbestworks.斯宾塞最好的作品是那些表现怪诞主题的油画。

grotesque| American Dictionary

grotesque
adjective
us
/ɡroʊˈtesk/
strangeand oftenfrighteninginappearanceorcharacter:
Somedeep-seacreatureslookreally grotesque.

grotesquely

adverbus
/ɡroʊˈtesk·li/
Hisfacewas grotesquelyscarred.
(Definition ofgrotesquefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrotesque

grotesque
Legends circulated about him, too - ambiguous and sometimesgrotesque.
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The edifice has a central plan and has two niches with decorations, grotesques and ancient statues.
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Their art was notable for its surrealism and cartoon-influenced grotesques.
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The latter are used forgrotesqueor absurd ends.
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The local delicacies appear to begrotesquecreations when compared with the lost delights of home.
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One of the most notable features is an oak doorway with an ogee arch flanked above by ornamental grotesques.
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Others may prefer his slightly sardonic, action-packed grotesques of circus clowns or of merely comical people.
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Above the arches is a plain frieze with carved grotesques at the corners, topped with machicolated corbelling.
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Light scrolling grotesques could be ordered by confining them within the framing of a pilaster to give them more structure.
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The first includes ornaments adopted from antiquity: grotesques, architectural ornaments such as the orders, foliage scrolls and self-contained elements such as trophies, terms and vases.
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The pinnacles, faced with gable and finial devices, are crocketed with grotesques.
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In his serenade, for example, the rhymes are obvious and stilted; moregrotesquestill are the violations of metre and the misplaced accents.
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To the earlier-notedgrotesquepattern of separated body parts, these pairings add a further element of the fear evoked by cosmological power-beings.
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If the understanding is still weaker, he hits upon thegrotesque- meaningful dreams, presentiments, and miraculous portents.
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There are human heads, no two alike, and some pulling faces; angels; animals and grotesques.
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