antic
Playful, funny, absurdPlayful, funny, absurd.
» I'm fed up with Tom's silly antics.
Я вже ситий по горло ідіотськими витівками Тома.
Meaning
3 sensesPlayful, funny, absurd.
Grotesque, incongruous.
grotesk, unpassend, unvereinbar
(archaic)Grotesque, bizarre
grotesk, bizarr, absurd
- ludicrously odd
Examples
13 sentencesI'm fed up with Tom's silly antics.
Я вже ситий по горло ідіотськими витівками Тома. — deniko
Their antics were driving me frantic.
ruИх выходки выводили меня из себя. — Ooneykcall
The math teacher knows my antics.
She giggled at his playful antics.
Your clownish antics do not amuse me.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from claProbably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”). See also Italian grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique.
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Forms
more antic, most antic| Comparative | more antic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most antic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- ludicrously odd:fantasticfantasticalgrotesque
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form