Grotesque and Normal

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

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Normal is an antonym for grotesque in topics: unnatural, absurd, ugly.

Nearby Word: grotesquely

Normal adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

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Grotesque is an antonym for normal.

Nearby Words: normalize, norm, normalise, normally, normality

He appears grotesque, even frightening, but earlier photographs, which Arbus didn't use, depict him as just a normal boy clowning around.

Source: Creator / Diane Arbus
Mad Eye: Every time Ives is about to do something even more grotesque than normal, one eye half-closes and the other eye gets wider.

Source: Film / Ravenous
And I Must Scream: Scagdeads, which is a rare mutation where the infected person has a stronger resistance to the virus, leaving a grotesque monster with what was left of a normal human on the side.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil: Revelations

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