Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
grotesque adjective
/grəʊ ˈtesk/
/groʊ-/ adj
/groʊ-/ adj strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way
By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.
Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures.
grotesquely
adverb
/grəʊ ˈtes.kli//groʊ-/ adv
/groʊ-/ adv a grotesquely fat man
My views were grotesquely (= extremely) misrepresented.
(Definition of grotesque adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
