Bad and Grotesque

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Grotesque and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grotesque" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Grotesque

Grotesque adjective - Disagreeable to one's aesthetic or artistic sense.

Bad and grotesque are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Grotesque".

Nearby Word: grotesquely

Both words in one sentence

  • Some films of Laurel and Hardy end with a bad guy doing something grotesque to them.
  • Audience-Alienating Premise This would have been bad enough, but the main characters were made to look as grotesque as possible.
  • Royally Screwed Up What follows is either a reign of grotesque excess, blood, and terror, or some other form of epically bad king or queen.
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