0 strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way:
2 a painting or other artistic work with an image of a person that is ugly or unpleasant as its subject:
3 strange and often frightening in appearance or character:
The performers wear grotesque masks.
They shared comically grotesque stories of their experiences.
This was a grotesque injustice.
This proposal is so bizarre and grotesque that I cannot imagine who would support it.
There is something grotesque about exploiting her husband's terrible injuries for cash.
Legends circulated about him, too - ambiguous and sometimes grotesque.
The edifice has a central plan and has two niches with decorations, grotesques and ancient statues.
