1. (

• grotesque

) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants ;

1. (

• grotesque ,
• monstrous

) 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. (

• antic ,
• fantastic ,
• fantastical ,
• grotesque

) ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" ;