strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive 怪誕的；荒唐的；荒謬的 extremely ugly in a strange way that is often frightening or funny 醜陋奇異的；奇形怪狀的 It was a grotesque figure with a snarling beast's head. 那是個奇形怪狀的人像，長着一個咆哮的野獸的頭。 tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks 戴着奇異面具的部落舞者 She was frightened by the grotesque appearance of the mime artists. 她被啞劇藝術家們怪異的外表嚇壞了。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun): from French crotesque (the earliest form in English), from Italian grottesca, from opera or pittura grottesca ‘work or painting resembling that found in a grotto’; “grotto” here probably denoted the rooms of ancient buildings in Rome which had been revealed by excavations, and which contained murals in the grotesque style.