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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
grotz
grote

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
groteThey made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Grote

/mhw>, n. A groat. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Grot
Grotesque

a. [ F., fr. It. grottesco, fr. grotta grotto. See Grotto. ] 1. Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. “Grotesque design.” Dryden. “Grotesque incidents.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grotesque

n. 1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artificial grotto-work. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grotesquely

adv. In a grotesque manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grotesqueness

n. Quality of being grotesque. [ 1913 Webster ]

grotesquery

n. [ Written also grotesquerie. ] [ From Grotesque. ] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. “The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top.” K. L. Bates.
Syn. -- grotesqueness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie, wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter. George Gissing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

WordNet (3.0)
grotesque(n) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
grotesque(adj) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous, Syn. monstrous, Example: tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas; twisted into monstrous shapes
grotesquely(adv) in a grotesque manner, Syn. monstrously, Example: behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies
grotesqueness(n) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion, Syn. grotesquerie, grotesquery

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Groteske { n }grotesqueness [Add to Longdo]
Groteskheit { f }preposterousness [Add to Longdo]
grotesk { adv }grotesquely [Add to Longdo]
grotesk; absurd { adj }preposterous [Add to Longdo]
grotesk; fratzenhaft { adj } | grotesker | am groteskestengrotesque | more grotesque | most grotesque [Add to Longdo]

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