Antonyms for prosaic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : proh-zey-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈzeɪ ɪk |
Definition of prosaic
Origin :- 1650s, "having to do with prose," from Middle French prosaique and directly from Medieval Latin prosaicus "in prose" (16c.), from Latin prosa "prose" (see prose). Meaning "having the character of prose (in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is by 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is by 1813, both from French.
- adj unimaginative
- Prosaic people would say "melted snow water," but Hans Andersen would have known better than that.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere » by Mabel Annie Boulton Stobart
- Prosaic needles and thread assumed a mysterious charm in the dimpled hands of the girl he loved.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of Victory » by Myrtle Reed
- In Prosaic Misunderstandings he makes us realise precisely what we mean by religion.
- Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais
- Prosaic cow-punching was relegated to the rear and they looked eagerly forward to their several missions.
- Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford
- Prosaic critics point out that such bowers were used as isolation huts for suspected cases.
- Extract from : « Bonnie Scotland » by A.R. Hope Moncrieff
- Prosaic commentators are always asking, Who is meant by a poet, as though a poem were a legal document.
- Extract from : « Alexander Pope » by Leslie Stephen
- Prosaic, unimaged, without poetry or myth, they dully persisted until pedlars appeared with Hellenic legends and wares.
- Extract from : « The Lords of the Ghostland » by Edgar Saltus
- Prosaic as these journeys may seem, they are nevertheless the inspiration of my hopes, the feeders of my visions.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880. » by Various
- Prosaic enough, however, was what she went on to tell him of her struggle for life by day and for learning by night.
- Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
- Two Prosaic Persons come upon a little picture, by Mr. Swan, of a boy lying on a rock, piping to fishes.
- Extract from : « Voces Populi » by F. Anstey
Synonyms for prosaic
- actual
- banal
- blah
- boring
- clean
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- dead
- diddly
- drab
- dry
- dull
- everyday
- factual
- flat
- garden-variety
- hackneyed
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- irksome
- lackluster
- lifeless
- literal
- lowly
- lusterless
- matter-of-fact
- monotonous
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- ordinary
- pabulum
- pedestrian
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- practicable
- practical
- prose
- prosy
- routine
- square
- stale
- tame
- tedious
- trite
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninspiring
- vanilla
- vapid
- workaday
- yawn
- zero
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