Can someone give me 4 differentt types of definitions for the term "grotesque" ?

Question

I need to do a Web search to find four definitions for the grotesque. I need to focus on definitions that can apply to stories rather than architectural details or visual art such as gargoyles or medieval scroll work.

Thanks,

Chris

I cant use single word definitions, and they need to apply to stories not artchitectual details.. any ideas?

Answer 1

1.Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
2.Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See synonyms at fantastic.
3.Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
4.abnormal and hideous

Answer 2

1. 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".

2. a hybrid and comic figure, often combining elements from various human and animal forms. Grotesques often bear no obvious relationship to the texts they embellish, although they can carry a commonly understood meaning derived, for example, from bestiary-related texts. They were popular in Gothic art from the thirteenth century on, especially as marginalia. See also drollery.

3. the subject matter of a work or a style of expression characterized by exaggeration, freakishness, and disorder.

4. people with cringe-worthy social traits are also included as a definiton of this term in literature.

Answer 3

gro·tesque (grō-tĕsk')
adj.
Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See synonyms at fantastic.
Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
n.
One that is grotesque.

A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.
A work of art executed in this style.
[From French, a fanciful style of decorative art, from Italian grottesca, from feminine of grottesco, of a grotto, from grotta, grotto. See grotto.]

grotesquely gro·tesque'ly adv.
grotesqueness gro·tesque'ness n.

Answer 4

Grotesque could be:
Ugly
Desgusting
Malformed
Gnarled
I hope I could help

Answer 5

Ludicrous
Whimsical
Distorted
Ugly

Incongruous or irregular in design >>>>>>>>architecture.