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US
/ˈæntɪk/
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[ UK /ˈæntɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˈæntɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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.
- The eight romances for saxophone and piano are indeed romantic.
- In the final match, Lara scored yet another hundred but this was so frantic and frenzied that it could not stop the Australians from winning the match and squaring the series.
- As he rose in society, his romantic entanglements damaged his career and he returned to his former sweetheart in Ireland. Times, Sunday Times
- There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
- And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
- ( "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.
- One after another the _antichi spiriti dolenti_ rise up and salute the new edifice: Nimrod and the Assyrians, Anglo-Saxon ealdormen and Norman knights templars, and citizens of ancient Bristol. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.