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Grotesque vs Grody - What's the difference?

grotesque | grody |

As adjectives the difference between grotesque and grody

is that grotesque is distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous while grody is (us) nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

As a noun grotesque

is a style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.

grotesque

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
  • disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
  • (typography) sans serif.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
  • Anything grotesque.
  • (typography) A sans serif typeface.
  • grody

    English

    Alternative forms

    * groady

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US) nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque
  • I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody .
  • * 1982 , (Frank Zappa), (Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch), “” (1982), (Moon Unit Zappa) speaking:
  • And the lady, like, goes
    “Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody
    It’s like grody
    Grody to the max
    Gross!

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