Definitions for grotesques

grotesques gro·tesque

Spelling: [groh-tesk]
IPA: /groʊˈtɛsk/

Grotesques is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 420 anagrams from letters in grotesques (eegoqrsstu).

Definitions for grotesques

noun

  1. any grotesque object, design, person, or thing.
  2. any grotesque object, design, person, or thing.

adjective

  1. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
  2. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.
  3. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
  4. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.

Origin of grotesques

1555-65; French Italian grottesco (as noun, grottesca grotesque decoration such as was apparently found in excavated dwellings), derivative of grotta. See grotto, <

Examples for grotesques

Except in cases with the highest body count, or the most grotesque cruelty, white victims were the only ones that mattered.

Who and what were the persons of whom the preacher gave this grotesque account?

At least Jake Gyllenhaal shaved off his grotesque face scarf this year.

The runoff has turned into a macabre political sideshow filled with grotesque attacks and ugly accusations.

grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

But this grotesque sentiment did not pass current even in the smoking-room.

It has a pompous Latin name, but it is incurably Gothic and grotesque.

And all waited on what the grotesque, bloated figure they watched might reveal.

Why is the sight—or mere thought—of other adults having sex thought of as grotesque, bad, or forbidden in the year 2014?

The outrage on the Warden was not so grotesque, but the effect was the same.

Who and what were the persons of whom the preacher gave this grotesque account?

The runoff has turned into a macabre political sideshow filled with grotesque attacks and ugly accusations.

And all waited on what the grotesque, bloated figure they watched might reveal.

It has a pompous Latin name, but it is incurably Gothic and grotesque.

Why is the sight—or mere thought—of other adults having sex thought of as grotesque, bad, or forbidden in the year 2014?

At least Jake Gyllenhaal shaved off his grotesque face scarf this year.

grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

The outrage on the Warden was not so grotesque, but the effect was the same.

Except in cases with the highest body count, or the most grotesque cruelty, white victims were the only ones that mattered.

But this grotesque sentiment did not pass current even in the smoking-room.

Word Value for grotesques
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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