288 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɡɹə͡ʊtˈɛsk], [ ɡɹə‍ʊtˈɛsk], [ ɡ_ɹ_əʊ_t_ˈɛ_s_k]

Related words: the grotesque mode, a grotesque sensation, the grotesque and the beautiful, the grotesques, the grotesque in literature, the grotesque in art

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Similar words for grotesque:

• all (adjective)
• baroque (adjective)
• bizarre (adjective)
• deformed (adjective)
• fantastic (adjective)
• freakish (adjective)
• ludicrous (adjective)
• misshapen (adjective)
• monstrous (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• outlandish (adjective)
• ridiculous (adjective)
• ugly (adjective)
• ugly, misshapen (adjective)
• unattractive (adjective)
• weird (adjective)
• antic (noun)
• fantastical (noun)
• freak (noun)
• grotesque (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• distorted
• medieval

Paraphrases for grotesque

Hyponyms for grotesque

Synonyms for Grotesque:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • grotesque,
  • monstrous.
  • baroque (adjective)
  • over decorated,
  • more embellished,
  • embellished,
  • more ornamented,
  • florid,
  • more overdecorated,
  • most embellished,
  • most ornamented,
  • most overdecorated,
  • more elaborate.
  • bizarre (adjective)
  • more curious,
  • most outre,
  • off wall,
  • off the wall,
  • more outre,
  • singular,
  • wayout,
  • grodier,
  • un-usual,
  • farout,
  • more oddball,
  • oddest,
  • grodiest,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • kooky,
  • un usual.
  • deformed (adjective)
  • mangled,
  • warped,
  • knotted,
  • hunchbacked,
  • humpbacked,
  • out of shape,
  • ill-made,
  • misshapen,
  • misproportioned.
  • fantastic (adjective)
  • un likelier,
  • in credible,
  • incredible,
  • in sanest,
  • un-likely,
  • far fetched,
  • in-sanest,
  • fictional,
  • un-likeliest,
  • mis leading,
  • in-sane,
  • mis-leading,
  • more phantasmagorical,
  • out of sight,
  • un-real,
  • un-believable,
  • in-saner,
  • un believable,
  • in saner,
  • un likeliest,
  • most phantasmagorical,
  • in-credible,
  • un-likelier,
  • in sane,
  • un likely,
  • out sight.
  • freakish (adjective)
  • more vagarious,
  • most vagarious,
  • un-conventional,
  • un conventional.
  • ludicrous (adjective)
  • most gelastic,
  • in congruous,
  • farcical,
  • in-congruous,
  • ludicrous,
  • more antic,
  • more gelastic,
  • most antic,
  • most comic,
  • zany.
  • misshapen (adjective)
  • mis shapen,
  • un shapelier,
  • un shapely,
  • dis-figured,
  • un-shapeliest,
  • most disfigured,
  • un-shapely,
  • un-shapelier,
  • dis figured,
  • un shapeliest,
  • unshapelier,
  • unshapeliest,
  • more disfigured.
  • monstrous (adjective)
  • Miscreated,
  • un canniest,
  • in-human,
  • most miscreated,
  • dis-graceful,
  • in famous,
  • un-canniest,
  • in tolerable,
  • most horrifying,
  • dis graceful,
  • un-cannier,
  • in human,
  • more miscreated,
  • more horrifying,
  • in-tolerable,
  • more teratoid,
  • most teratoid,
  • un canny,
  • mis-created,
  • un-canny,
  • mis created,
  • un cannier.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • outlandish,
  • unshapely,
  • mis-shapen,
  • extra ordinary,
  • ugly,
  • perverted,
  • bugged out,
  • ridiculous,
  • phantasmagorical,
  • Gelastic,
  • freakish,
  • weird,
  • Teratoid,
  • bizarre,
  • grody,
  • Vagarious,
  • overdecorated,
  • fantastic,
  • freaky,
  • baroque,
  • unheard of,
  • over-decorated,
  • deformed.
  • outlandish (adjective)
  • unheard-of,
  • un couth,
  • unheardof,
  • un-couth.
  • ridiculous (adjective)
  • laughable,
  • absurd,
  • foolish,
  • derisory,
  • eccentric,
  • goofy,
  • foolheaded,
  • nonsensical,
  • oddball,
  • comical,
  • preposterous,
  • curious,
  • silly,
  • outrageous,
  • crazy,
  • dubious,
  • poppycock.
  • ugly (adjective)
  • unpleasant,
  • hideous,
  • disagreeable,
  • odious,
  • not much to look at,
  • displeasing,
  • repulsive,
  • abhorrent,
  • unbeautiful,
  • shapeless,
  • repellent,
  • unaesthetic,
  • unappealing,
  • disfigured,
  • bad-looking,
  • Ill-looking,
  • repugnant,
  • unlovely,
  • inelegant,
  • unpleasing,
  • unattractive,
  • plain,
  • Hard-featured,
  • homely,
  • unsightly,
  • undesirable.
  • ugly, misshapen (adjective)
  • distorted,
  • flamboyant,
  • aberrant,
  • eerie,
  • incongruous,
  • queer,
  • extravagant,
  • uncanny,
  • whimsical,
  • fanciful,
  • gross.
  • unattractive (adjective)
  • dis gusting,
  • un alluring,
  • Unalluring,
  • dis-gusting,
  • un attractive,
  • un-attractive,
  • more unalluring,
  • un-alluring,
  • un-appealing,
  • most unalluring,
  • un appealing.
  • weird (adjective)
  • aweinspiring,
  • super natural,
  • un earthlier,
  • awe inspiring,
  • un earthly,
  • in-scrutable,
  • un-earthlier,
  • un earthliest,
  • magical,
  • super-natural,
  • un-earthliest,
  • un-earthly,
  • in scrutable.

• n.

  •
  • wrong,
  • hysterical,
  • abnormal,
  • irrational,
  • childish,
  • irresponsible,
  • odd,
  • perverse,
  • unreasonable,
  • extreme.
  •
  • grim,
  • malformed.
  •
  • nerd,
  • minger,
  • surrealistic,
  • troll,
  • art,
  • sight.
  • antic (noun)
  • antic.
  • fantastical (noun)
  • fantastical.
  • freak (noun)
  • mis shape,
  • mis shapes,
  • mis creations,
  • mis creation,
  • mis-creations,
  • miscreations,
  • mis-creation,
  • mis-shape,
  • mis-shapes.
  • grotesque (noun)
  • unnatural,
  • unusual,
  • strange.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • miscreation,
  • grotesques,
  • mutation,
  • queers,
  • freak,
  • monstrosity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • plug-ugly,
  • chi-chi,
  • unprepossessing,
  • unflattering,
  • ornate,
  • far-fetched,
  • eyesore,
  • twee,
  • Charmless,
  • ugly duckling,
  • hulking,
  • unlovable,
  • yucky,
  • hag,
  • Minging.
  •
  • severely,
  • graceless,
  • unbecoming,
  • sordid,
  • sexless,
  • showy,
  • excrescence.
  •
  • dag,
  • tasteless.
  •
  • usual.
  •
  • horror.
  •
  • severe.
  •
  • look at.
  •
  • dog.
  •
  • clash.
  •
  • heavy.
  • distorted
  • ill-proportioned.
  • medieval
  • gothic.

Paraphrases for Grotesque:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    ludicrous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    foolish, idiotic, insane, monstrous, nonsensical, pathetic, perverse, senseless, shocking.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    absurd, bizarre, derisory, farcical, laughable, nonsense, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, strange.
  • Interjection
    preposterous.

Hyponym for Grotesque:

• n.

  • artifact
    art, fine art.