Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Popular Searches
Keywords to use on a...
Free resume keyword ...
Resume buzzwords
Resume keyword summa...
Resume action verbs
Scannable resume key...
List of adjectives f...
I need to look at sa...
Nearby Words
antiphthisic
antiphus
antiphysical
antipiracy
antiplague
antiplasmin
antiplastic
antiplato
antiplatonic
antiplatonicall...
antiplatonism
antiplatonist
antipleasure
antipoaching
antipodagric
antipodal
antipodal oppos...
antipode
antipodean
antipodes islan...
antipoetic
antipoetical
antipolar
antipole
antipolish
antipolitical
antipolitics
antipollution
antipollutionis...
antipope
antipopery
antipopular
antipopulism
antipopulist
antiporn
antipornographi...
antipornography
antiport
antipoverty
antipragmatic
antipragmatical
antipoetic
[
an-tee-poh-
et
-ik
,
an-tahy-
]
an·ti·po·et·ic
/
ˌæn
ti
poʊˈɛt
ɪk
,
ˌæn
taɪ-
/
Show Spelled
[
an-tee-poh-
et
-ik
,
an-tahy-
]
Show IPA
adjective
of or pertaining to elements or techniques used in a poem not conventionally thought to be suitable or traditional.
Origin:
1840–50;
anti-
+
poetic
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
antipoetic
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Antipoetic
has a plethora of syllables.
So is
sesquipedalianism
. Does it mean:
So is
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
. Does it mean:
So is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
LEARN MORE LONG WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Word Dynamo Rating For
Antipoetic
People who can define
Antipoetic
may know
35,117
words, as many as a
9th grader.
How many words do you know?
Upgrade to Ad-free Premium Membership!
Quote Of The Day
"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."
-Catherine Drinker Bowen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT