grotesque

«grotesque» in Mova's school dictionary: Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more grotesque, most grotesque); noun (grotesques)

meaning for a pupil

1) Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way. tree →

2) A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure. (noun) tree →

sense in the lessons

devils, monsters and odd faces in old tales are described as grotesque

examples

• The gargoyle had a grotesque face. tree →
• The devil looked grotesque in the firelight. tree →
• Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grotesque» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.