prosaic 音标拼音: [proz'eɪk]
a . 散文的,散文体的,散文性的
散文的,散文体的,散文性的
prosaic adj 1 :
not fanciful or imaginative ; "
local guides describe the history of various places in matter -
of -
fact tones "; "
a prosaic and unimaginative essay " [
synonym : {
matter -
of -
fact },
{
prosaic }]
2 :
lacking wit or imagination ; "
a pedestrian movie plot " [
synonym :
{
pedestrian }, {
prosaic }, {
prosy }, {
earthbound }]
3 :
not challenging ;
dull and lacking excitement ; "
an unglamorous job greasing engines " [
synonym : {
commonplace }, {
humdrum },
{
prosaic }, {
unglamorous }, {
unglamourous }]
Prosaic \
Pro *
sa "
ic \,
Prosaical \
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al \,
a . [
L .
prosaius ,
from prosa prose :
cf .
F ,.
prosa ["
i ]
que .
See {
Prose }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to prose ;
resembling prose ;
in the form of prose ;
unpoetical ;
writing or using prose ;
as ,
a prosaic composition . --
Cudworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Dull ;
uninteresting ;
commonplace ;
unimaginative ;
prosy ;
as ,
a prosaic person . --
Ed .
Rev .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prosaic ":
Attic ,
Spartan ,
actual ,
arid ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bald ,
banal ,
banausic ,
bare ,
barren ,
bland ,
boring ,
breadwinning ,
businesslike ,
candid ,
characterless ,
chaste ,
classic ,
classical ,
cliched ,
commercial ,
common ,
commonplace ,
dead ,
direct ,
drab ,
dry ,
dull ,
earthbound ,
everyday ,
factual ,
flat ,
frank ,
garden ,
garden -
variety ,
hackneyed ,
ho -
hum ,
homely ,
homespun ,
household ,
humdrum ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
insipid ,
irksome ,
jejune ,
lackluster ,
lean ,
lifeless ,
literal ,
lowly ,
lusterless ,
materialistic ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
mediocre ,
moneymaking ,
monotonous ,
mouldy ,
mundane ,
natural ,
neat ,
nondescript ,
open ,
ordinary ,
overdone ,
pedestrian ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
poetryless ,
practicable ,
practical ,
prose ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
realistic ,
routine ,
run -
of -
the -
mill ,
rustic ,
severe ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
sober ,
spare ,
staid ,
stale ,
stark ,
stereotyped ,
stock ,
stolid ,
straightforward ,
stuffy ,
tedious ,
threadbare ,
tired ,
tiresome ,
trite ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
undistinguished ,
unembellished ,
uneventful ,
unexceptional ,
unfanciful ,
unideal ,
unidealistic ,
unimaginative ,
unimpassioned ,
uninspired ,
uninteresting ,
uninventive ,
unnoteworthy ,
unoriginal ,
unpoetic ,
unpoetical ,
unromantic ,
unromanticized ,
unvarnished ,
utilitarian ,
vapid ,
workaday ,
workday ,
working
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PROSAIC Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster As a result, English speakers started using prosaic to refer to anything considered matter-of-fact or ordinary, and they gradually transformed it into a synonym for "colorless," "drab," "lifeless," and "lackluster "
PROSAIC Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com PROSAIC definition: commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative See examples of prosaic used in a sentence
PROSAIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary (Definition of prosaic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
PROSAIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Something that is prosaic is dull and uninteresting His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest
Prosaic - definition of prosaic by The Free Dictionary 1 commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact; unimaginative: a prosaic mind 2 of or like prose rather than poetry [1650–60; < Late Latin prōsaicus See prose, -ic]
prosaic adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of prosaic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
prosaic, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary Factsheet What does the word prosaic mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word prosaic See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
Understanding “Prosaic”: Meanings, Examples, and How to Use It Properly Describes something that is dull, ordinary, or lacking in excitement or imagination Often associated with everyday life, routine, or the mundane Now, I want to emphasize that while "prosaic" often carries a negative connotation implying dullness, it’s not always used harshly
Prosaic Definition Meaning | YourDictionary (usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it She lived a prosaic life
Prosaic - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Prosaic means ordinary or dull Most of us lead a prosaic everyday life, sometimes interrupted by some drama or crisis