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poetic

poetic

97 4.5
Having the beauty and strong feeling of poems
  • adjective
  • /poʊˈɛtɪk/
  • Literature
: poético
  • And it just, it's just this beautiful poetic expression of the human experience.
  • poetic language
  • poetic expression
  • a poetic voice

There's got to be some poetic way of expressing that.

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Examples

  • It's a tiny little book, a dense, poetic little novel.

  • Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

  • I think it's just a beautiful poetic work of art.

  • It's incredible, it's poetic, it's the perfect crime.

  • Actually, it's a deeply poetic line we can talk about.

  • To you, my dear, shall go the honor of starting this poetic drama.

  • The movie is a defense, at the same time, of poetic genius and popular culture.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Drawing on memory and lived experience, I explore poetic connections between mothers and daughters.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • There's got to be some poetic way of expressing that.

  • The artist's painting captured a poetic vision of nature's beauty.

Synonyms

lyrical
vspoetic
30 4.9

Expressing deep personal feeling like a song

is more general covering beauty and imaginative effects not only emotion
lyric
vspoetic
  • Literature
10 5.9

Showing deep personal feelings in a beautiful songlike way

is broader focusing on beauty and imagination beyond intimate emotion
poetical
vspoetic
  • Literature
7 6.5

Showing beauty, imagination, and strong feeling

is identical in meaning but exists as an alternative adjective form
picturesque
vspoetic
1 5.9

Using strong words that make clear scenes in the mind

is clearer about visual imagery than emotional or imaginative effect

Antonyms

80 4.3

Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring

8 7.9

Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement

Compounds

poetic justice
  • Literature
10 4.9

A result where bad people get punished and good people are rewarded in a fitting way

poetic license
  • Literature
3 6.7

Freedom a writer or artist takes to change facts to make a story stronger

poetic rhythm
  • Literature
1 4.9

A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical

How Poetic

sublime
  • Literature
45 6.7
inspired
55 4.1
lyrical
30 4.9
poetic
  • Literature
97 4.5
expressive
39 3.4
prosaic
8 7.9
plain
180 1.0

Surface Forms

poetic positive
poetical positive

Morphology

poetic = poet (transparent) = poet + ic

Standard adjective formation from the noun 'poet' with the productive suffix '-ic', meaning 'relating to poetry'.

Etymology

Poetic comes from poet, which comes from the old Greek verb poiein meaning 'to make'. So a poet is a 'maker' of words, and something poetic feels carefully made, beautiful, and full of feeling.