Antic

Quick meaning: Antic is an adjective meaning Playful, funny, absurd.

Meaning

Playful, funny, absurd.

More Meanings

1. (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
2. (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
3. A caricature.
4. (often in the plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
5. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
6. Archaic form of antique.
7. (archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

Example Sentences

I'm fed up with your constant antics in class. Please behave yourself!

My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,

Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the ſlaue / Come hither, couer'd with an antique face, / To fleere and ſcorne at our Solemnitie?

[…]a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces, with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.

Word Forms

• antick
• anticke
• antics
• anticking
• anticked

Synonyms for antic

Depending on context, synonyms include grotesque, strange, unusual, caper, fantastic, fantastical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include joke, prank, caper, trick, grotesque, strange.

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