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grotesque - Dictionary definition and meaning for grotesque

GROTESQUE

(noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : monstrous
(adj.) ludicrously odd
"Hamlet's assumed antic disposition", "fantastic Halloween costumes", "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
synonyms : antic , fantastic , fantastical

Mnemonics for grotesque

(Tag: ) Grotesque : (Sounds like GROW + TASK).. In software profession or any profession, teams are assigned with numerous TASKS. Each task has its own complexities. Now Imagine you growing a tree of these TASKS. How will it look like?? Imagine it !!! A p
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(Tag: ) icture of it. It will be a tree with lots of distorted and weird looking TASKS branches. Thats the meaning if it. So whenever you GROW+ TASKS. you will get something very distorted and ugly. Moreover it's UNNATURAL too. Smile
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(Tag: hindi) grotesque = distorted. Here the word GREATEST (GROTEST)is distorted . WHY(QUE) it is distorted? GREATEST(grotes) QUE(why?)
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(Tag: ) great+mask...that is commically hideous
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(Tag: ) in spy kids movie..name of the spy girl kid is Cortesque=gortesque..she is fantasticcomically hideous n strange n unnatural in her power n brain compared to other teen girls..
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