cartoony
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4.6
- adjective
- /kɑrˈtunɪ/
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- His drawing style is very cartoony, emphasizing exaggerated expressions and playful designs.
- big cartoony
- almost cartoony
- too cartoony
It's so cartoony, but it's, it's very funny.
- It's so cartoony, but it's, it's very funny.
Examples
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He's menacing and cartoony at the same time and is a delight to watch on screen.
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It seemed that when we went too much with the purple, it just gave it a cartoony look.
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It's not nearly so cut and dry as a very cartoony view would suggest.
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It's so cartoony, but it's, it's very funny.
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So we could go a little more cartoony with these.
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This place is too cartoony for me.
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We picked the cartoony art direction for two reasons:
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How could you ever be too cartoony?
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In some ways, his films are as cartoony as Tim Burton's.
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OK, that's kind of cartoony version of a crab, right?
Synonyms
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4.2
Very exaggerated and silly like a cartoon
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4.5
Acting in a silly, exaggerated way like a clown
Having exaggerated, funny features like a cartoon
Antonyms
How Cartoonish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cartoony comes from cartoon plus the ending -y, which means 'like' or 'full of'. So cartoony simply means 'like a cartoon', bright, exaggerated, and playful.