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• n  art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
• s  distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
  tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
• s  ludicrously odd
  a grotesque reflection in the mirror

• Dubbed "murderabilia" by Andy Kahan, director of the Houston-based Mayor's Crime Victims Office, the sale of what many consider grotesque items is already banned in five states .
• Scarface takes its title, plot and comic-grotesque tone from a 1932 film directed by Howard Hawks, written by Ben Hecht and John Lee Mahin and starring Paul Muni as a lightly .
• The authorities in Sankt Poelten are making the most of their sleepy, baroque town's misfortune of being the venue for perhaps the most grotesque trial in Austria's history.

• monstrous
• antic
• fantastic
• fantastical

News & Articles

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• Lawyers ask federal court to halt Guantanamo forced-feeding
  Lawyers for four Guantanamo captives are asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to put an end to the “grotesque” practice of forced feeding at the Pentagon prison.
  July 1, 2013 - Stars and Stripes

Quotes

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• Mark Potter in ic SouthLondon.co.uk
  Mr Charman, 54, had challenged the sum awarded by a High Court judge, saying his wife Beverley's share in his fortune was "grotesque and unfair".
• David Hockney in Reuters.uk
  But artist David Hockney, who has been waging a one-man campaign against the ban, calls it a "grotesque piece of social engineering" imposed by a "political and media elite".
• Sir Richard Dannatt in Reuters
  The head of the British army General Sir Richard Dannatt said: "I welcome the conviction of a group of men who were prepared to conduct such a cowardly and grotesque attack against members of the army based solely on their religion."