grotesque

  • (s) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
    • tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
    • twisted into monstrous shapes
    monstrous,
  • (s) ludicrously odd
    • Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
    • fantastic Halloween costumes
    • a grotesque reflection in the mirror
    antic, fantastic, fantastical,

Nouns

  • (n) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

Synonyms

monstrous antic fantastic fantastical

Words of close approximity

grotesquely grotesqueness grotesquerie grotesquery