Meaning

3 senses
  1. Playful, funny, absurd.

  2. Grotesque, incongruous.

    grotesk, unpassend, unvereinbar

  3. (archaic)Grotesque, bizarre

    grotesk, bizarr, absurd

More definitions
  • ludicrously odd

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I'm fed up with Tom's silly antics.

    Я вже ситий по горло ідіотськими витівками Тома. — deniko

  2. Their antics were driving me frantic.

    ruИх выходки выводили меня из себя. — Ooneykcall

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  3. The math teacher knows my antics.

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  4. She giggled at his playful antics.

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  5. Your clownish antics do not amuse me.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
architecture: grotesque, incongruous:
grotesque:

Origin

Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from cla

Probably 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
Comparativemore antic Lesson
Superlativemost antic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
antic — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto