グロテスクgurotesuku

1. na-adjectivegrotesque; bizarre; weird; strange
   ベイスギを材料ざいりょうに巨大きょだいでグロテスクな、しかし美うつくしい円柱えんちゅうを作つくった。↗

   They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.
2. noun, artgrotesque (style)

• SynonymグロCasualColloquial abbreviation for grotesque, sickening content, as in 「グロ画像」「グロ注意」「エログロ」.
• SynonymグロいCasualColloquial adjective derived from 「グロ」; emphasizes disgust and discomfort, as in 「グロい映像」.
• Related醜怪しゅうかいWrittenWritten word, used sparingly, for hideous ugliness; leans more toward sheer ugliness than グロテスク.
• Related奇怪千万きかいせんばんWrittenFour-character idiom for something extremely strange and bizarre; written register, stressing the mysterious and incomprehensible.
• Antonym美しいうつくしいNeutralThe usual antonym: beautiful, standing opposite the grotesque ugliness of グロテスク.
• Antonym優美ゆうびWrittenElegance and refinement; contrasts with the grotesque, and leans toward written prose.
• Antonym均整のとれたきんせいのとれたNeutralWell-proportioned and harmonious; the opposite of grotesque deformity, mostly describing figures and appearance.

Use 「グロテスク」 for the grotesque or bizarre. In speech, 「グロい」 and 「グロ」 stress disgusting content. In writing, 「醜怪」 stresses ugliness and 「奇怪千万」 eerie strangeness. Antonyms: 「美しい」 generally, 「優美」 for elegance, 「均整のとれた」 for balanced proportions.

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1. 非常ひじょうに異様いようなさま。奇っ怪きっかいなさま。