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English to English adjective
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Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | | Example: tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
twisted into monstrous shapes
source: wordnet30
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ludicrously odd | | Example: Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
fantastic Halloween costumes
a grotesque reflection in the mirror
source: wordnet30 noun
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art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants | | source: wordnet30
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A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. | | source: webster1913
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