As adjectives the difference between morbid and grotesque
is that morbid is (originally) of, or relating to disease while grotesque is distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
As a noun grotesque is
a style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
morbid
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(originally) Of, or relating to disease.
Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
Grisly or gruesome.
Derived terms
* morbidity
* morbidly
* morbidness
Related terms
* morbidezza
* morbilous
Synonyms
* (of or relating to disease) pathological
* (unhealthy or unwholesome) sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
* (suggesting the horror of death) black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
* bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
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.
Related terms
* grotesquely
* grotesqueness
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