(n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
(n.) Artificial grotto-work.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was some fertile ground in which that grotesque lie could be sown.
(2) There are allegations of very, very serious dereliction of duty and of wrongdoing by people in the police at the time who were investigating – it is alleged – some of the most grotesque crimes imaginable.” According to Newsnight, the officers involved said they did not know the senior figure who threatened them.
(3) That's completely and utterly grotesque and, no matter how proud we all are in the labour movement that the minimum wage exists, not a single day goes by that we shouldn't be disgusted with ourselves for that.
(4) They look like grotesque open-air swimming pools - and they contain some of the UK's biggest problems regarding nuclear waste.
(5) I still believe that the diversion of ever wider tracts of arable land from feeding people to feeding livestock is iniquitous and grotesque.
(6) The voices of the other characters – Thomas's mother as well as a cast of recognisable grotesques: a taxi driver, a bully, the local drunk – add to the atmosphere of dissolving reality and, at times, to the sense that they may exist only in Magill's head.
(7) The grotesque merry-go-round of more people selling fewer overpriced homes is in full swing.
(8) Jimmy Savile told hospital staff he interfered with patients' corpses, taking grotesque photographs and stealing glass eyes for jewellery, over two decades at the mortuary of Leeds general infirmary.
(9) A combination of dysfunctional family and invasive fame ate away at the essentially private singer, whose initially minor eccentricities escalated into grotesque changes to his appearance and lifestyle.
(10) The church cannot face in two directions like a grotesque two-headed monster: one face for public, the other for private.
(11) O'Brien has since become notorious among equal rights campaigners for his vigorous attacks on gay marriage and gay adoptions , calling homosexuality a "grotesque subversion" and "harmful to the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of those involved".
(12) He will still be lauded by those who enjoy this grotesque, sadistic sport, whatever his views on gay people or women.
(13) The model is then subjected to the criticism that it is grotesque to ignore questions relating to the value of, for example, a productive mother over against an aged recluse, and to treat them as having equal rights to access.
(14) Outside, all the talk was of the corruption allegations that had led to a fresh wave of hand-wringing over the greed and grotesque sums in the game.
(15) His once-visionary keywords have grotesque afterlives: Big Brother is a TV franchise to make celebrities of nobodies and Room 101 a light-entertainment show on BBC2 currently hosted by Frank Skinner for celebrities to witter about stuff that gets their goat.
(16) To put it plainly, PFI charges include too high a rate of interest and grotesquely high returns on equity.
(17) But he made grotesque monetary demands for the nonsense of Superman.
(18) His conclusion, outlined in The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths about the Murder of Matthew Shepard , is that the grotesque murder was not a hate crime, but could instead be blamed on crystal meth, a drug that was flooding Denver and the surrounding area at the time of Matthew’s death.
(19) It's that to portray Israel as some kind of victim with every right to "defend itself" from attack from "outside its borders" is a grotesque inversion of reality.
(20) It also contains a grotesquely racist portrayal of an Asian neighbour by Mickey Rooney.
Ludicrous
Definition:
(a.) Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.
Example Sentences:
(1) The mayor of London had said in a Twitter exchange in July that it was a “ludicrous urban myth” that Britain’s premier shopping street was one of the world’s most polluted thoroughfares, saying that the capital’s air quality was “better than Paris and other European cities”.
(2) America is made up of immigrants and to shut the doors to others is just ludicrous.
(3) Whitson also had strong words for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon , who has called for the “vigorous prosecution” of Wilson, calling such comments “ludicrous” and contrary to the spirit of “innocent until proven guilty”.
(4) Stand by Trumpenstein, as some are now doing, and you risk seeming to endorse his ideas, statements and ludicrous antics.
(5) The very idea that meaningful reform of the NSA will come out of this annexed, captured, corrupted Committee is ludicrous on its face.
(6) In this atmosphere, Richardson's evocation of Rwanda, while extreme, is not entirely ludicrous.
(7) "It's ludicrous that Caroline should be Pat's boss", a rival agent tells me.
(8) The Balakrishnan group's beliefs were mocked in the diary column of the Times, prompting speculation that it may have been a partial model for the Tooting Popular Front, the ludicrous political movement in Citizen Smith, the BBC sitcom, which began in 1977.
(9) It was intended, according to its creator, as a “warning to America”, a horrifying and fantastical vision of the future in which the US – ludicrously – had elected as its president Donald Trump .
(10) Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the Tory group's honorary president , defended the launch and said it would be ludicrous to cut off contact with Russian officials.
(11) Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent outburst about the grand mufti and the Holocaust would be ludicrous if it hadn’t been so utterly ill judged.
(12) The railway staff left to pick up the pieces are being set up as scapegoats with ludicrous claims about Spanish practices and out-of-control pay, but our members have already been paying with their jobs as the privateers ditch frontline staff to maintain profits.
(13) Former Coronation Street actor Sarah Lancashire has hit out at the "ludicrous prejudice" held against soap stars by some writers and producers in the TV industry.
(14) He acknowledged his own salary might seem "ludicrous" to MPs but insisted it was "similar to peers in other organisations around the world".
(15) A botched job, on its own, narrow terms, AQA's list – launched in the week in which British readers and the national press has been mourning the death of Maya Angelou – is even more ludicrous and ill-conceived when placed in a wider context.
(16) ITF’s silence over Maria Sharapova’s confession does nothing for integrity Read more Relentless, high-octane, year-round sports place ludicrous demands on star athletes.
(17) Yet, the current proposal appears aimed at ludicrously legislating the economic cycle and creating ever higher fixed salaries and perks for those leading the largest banks.
(18) Questions have been asked about the close relationship between development studios and games critics – sometimes to a ludicrous extent, with charts and diagrams posted online showing the connections between key figures.
(19) "To suggest that Lufthansa and Rolls-Royce do not have the expertise and experience to undertake the highest quality checks is ludicrous," he added.
(20) In that context, Haentjes’s decision to begin pressing records looked ludicrously sentimental.