art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas; twisted into monstrous shapes

[ Syn: monstrous ]

ludicrously odd; Hamlets assumed antic disposition; fantastic Halloween costumes; a grotesque reflection in the mirror

[ Syn: antic , fantastic , fantastical ]