My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,
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Antic
//ˈæn.tɪk//
Synonyms for "antic" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
146 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- странен adj (grotesque)
Catalan
3 entries- bufonada noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- estupidesa noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- pallassada noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Czech
4 entries- groteskní adj (grotesque)
- směšný adj (grotesque)
- opičárna noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- skopičina noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Danish
4 entries- eskapade noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- fjols noun (grotesque performer or clown)
- karikatur noun (caricature)
- klovn noun (grotesque performer or clown)
Dutch
4 entries- absurd adj (grotesque)
- bizar adj (grotesque)
- grotesk adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- grotesk adj (grotesque)
Finnish
4 entries- groteski adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- irvokas adj (grotesque)
- liioiteltu adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- naurettava adj (grotesque)
French
4 entries- bouffon noun (grotesque performer or clown)
- bouffonnerie noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- caricature noun (caricature)
- clown noun (grotesque performer or clown)
Galician
4 entries- atrangallado adj (grotesque)
- brutesco adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- brutesco adj (grotesque)
- doudice adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
German
4 entries- absurd adj (grotesque)
- albern adj (grotesque)
- bizarr adj (grotesque)
- grotesk adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
Hungarian
4 entries- bohóckodás noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- idétlenség noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- karikatúra noun (caricature)
- sületlenség noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Ingrian
2 entries- petruška noun (grotesque performer or clown)
- temppu noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Italian
4 entries- grottesco adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- obbrobrioso adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- buffonata noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- buffone noun (grotesque performer or clown)
Māori
2 entries- pōteketeke verb (to perform antics)
- pōtēteke verb (to perform antics)
Polish
2 entries- błazenada noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- błazeństwo noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Portuguese
4 entries- grotesco adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- grotesco adj (grotesque)
- caricatura noun (caricature)
- grotesco noun (architecture: grotesque representation of a figure)
Romanian
3 entries- demodat adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- neadecvat adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- învechit adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
Russian
4 entries- балагур noun (grotesque performer or clown)
- выходка noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
- клоун noun (grotesque performer or clown)
- паяц noun (grotesque performer or clown)
Spanish
4 entries- absurdo adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- grotesco adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
- grotesco adj (grotesque)
- incongruente adj (architecture: grotesque, incongruous)
Swedish
2 entries- grotesk adj (grotesque)
- upptåg noun (ludicrous act or behaviour)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
In recounting the story of Lenny and Eunice in his antic, supercaffeinated prose, Mr. Shteyngart gives us his most powerful and heartfelt novel yet — a novel that performs the delightful feat of mashing up an apocalyptic satire with a genuine supersad true love story.
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The amusement park environment of seaside resorts such as Venice and the antic eclecticism of Greene & Greene's pre-Craftsman work all preceded the establishment of the movie colony in Hollywood.
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Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the ſlaue / Come hither, couer'd with an antique face, / To fleere and ſcorne at our Solemnitie?
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