You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.
例句
...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.少數(shù)富人與幾乎所有其他人之間懸殊的貧富差距...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place.發(fā)生駭人聽聞的虐待事件的國家
ADJ-GRADED
丑陋的；奇形怪狀的；極其難看的
If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly.
例句
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.他們盡量不去看他那張奇丑無比的臉和殘疾的身體。
N-COUNT
（尤指小說或繪畫中的）怪異的人，丑八怪
A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.
例句
Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.格拉斯的小說里充斥著稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。
英英詞典釋義
Adverb
1. in a grotesque manner;
"behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies"