How do you use Antic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like joke or clown, plus the exact meaning.
Antic in a sentence
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Antic meaning
- Playful, funny, absurd.
- Grotesque, incongruous.
- Grotesque, bizarre
Synonyms of Antic
Using Antic
- The main meaning on this page is: Playful, funny, absurd. | Grotesque, incongruous. | Grotesque, bizarre
- Useful related words include: joke, clown around, clown, recreation.
- Possible Dutch translations are: grotesk, bizar, absurd.
- In the example corpus, antic often appears in combinations such as: an antic, his antic.
Context around Antic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antic
- In this selection, "antic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, harmless, latest, joy, aimed and revealed stand out and add context to how "antic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a harmless antic both a and again this antic engineer throttle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antic" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His antic speaking style, diminutive stature and pugnacious manner were his trademarks. (12 words)
The man’s latest antic looks part strategic and mischievous on the other. (13 words)
It’s a leaner, sparer book than Céline’s or Hasek’s, more haunted than antic. (16 words)
Carey colors his antic, sidewinding prose with place names (“Lambing Flat,” “Footscray”), slang (“chook house,” “hoons”) and fauna (“currawong,” “brumby”) that use the fabric of language itself to evoke this 1950s Australia. (32 words)
The prince confides to Horatio and the sentries that from now on he plans to "put an antic disposition on" and forces them to swear to keep his plans for revenge secret. (32 words)
The women were rehashing some of the more antic events of the day — interparty drama on the House floor — when the molecules of the room seemed to realign in one direction. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
The movie’s grammar – 16mm, improvisational, shot purposeful erratically by Sean Price Williams – is just as antic as its story.
There’s a brilliant sense of invention in The Glutton, a delight in the ludic, an antic joy in just making stuff up.
It’s a leaner, sparer book than Céline’s or Hasek’s, more haunted than antic.
The Facebook event is being seen as another antic aimed to please the support base of the outgoing president.
And even though it’s a harmless antic, both A.J. Hinch and Dave Martinez are not fans of what happened Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
Antic revealed that it will only be another Coutinho type of transfer as he has the exact skill set as the Brazilian.
The man’s latest antic looks part strategic and mischievous on the other.
The women were rehashing some of the more antic events of the day — interparty drama on the House floor — when the molecules of the room seemed to realign in one direction.
Carey colors his antic, sidewinding prose with place names (“Lambing Flat,” “Footscray”), slang (“chook house,” “hoons”) and fauna (“currawong,” “brumby”) that use the fabric of language itself to evoke this 1950s Australia.
Then he was off again, this antic engineer, throttle out, a mother superior on wheels, booting it home, running with the wind.
His antic speaking style, diminutive stature and pugnacious manner were his trademarks.
Speech playback on the Atari normally disabled interrupt requests and shut down the ANTIC chip during vocal output.
The prince confides to Horatio and the sentries that from now on he plans to "put an antic disposition on" and forces them to swear to keep his plans for revenge secret.
Common combinations with antic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an antic 2×
- his antic 2×