Gargoylish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a gargoyle.

    "[…] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man."

Synonyms

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deformedgrotesquemalformedmisbegottenmisshapenmonstrous

Example

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"[…] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man."

Etymology

From gargoyle + -ish.

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