grotesque

Writers called the trees “grotesque,” “infernal” and “uncouth.”

As I wrote recently, Elon Musk’s fixation with Britain’s current social and political crisis seems to be rooted in misbegotten anglophile nostalgia and a grotesque misreading of “The Lord of the Rings.”

"I went to university in Nottingham to study history, and I've always been really interested in the more gruesome and grotesque elements of history," she said.

As of the early 1990s, women’s boxing still attracted such meager purses that she is seen resorting to grotesque means of making money, urged on by her husband.

Mamdani was able to snag the spotlight while painting detractors as grotesque, and all without him having to express an ounce of anger.