[
US
/ˈæntɪk/
]
[ UK /ˈæntɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˈæntɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
ludicrously odd
Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
fantastic Halloween costumes
a grotesque reflection in the mirror
NOUN
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
VERB
- act as or like a clown
How To Use antic In A Sentence
- Difenacoum, detected in her blood samples, can be absorbed through skin, with prolonged anticoagulant effects.
- As he rose in society, his romantic entanglements damaged his career and he returned to his former sweetheart in Ireland. Times, Sunday Times
- ( "Emblematic of this anticlerical mindset was the tendency to" laicize "the names of locations with two words of religious significance, by contracting them into one. Cristero Rebellion: part 1 - toward the abyss
- Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
- But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
- The eight romances for saxophone and piano are indeed romantic.
- The Press of Atlantic City interviewed Kuras, who spoke in confused, broken English.
- We may reasonably shake our heads at these romantic resolves. Times, Sunday Times
- Beautiful, green, the remoteness of Exmoor counterpointed by the glorious surf of the Atlantic beaches, coast roads with views of the craggy shoreline. Archive 2009-06-01
- This is a gigantic behavior difference cued by one tiny and costless change in procedure.