Dantesque

See also: dantesque

English

Etymology

Dante +‎ -esque

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdæntɪˈɛsk/

Adjective

Dantesque (comparative more Dantesque, superlative most Dantesque)

1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus.
   • 2023 March 25, Ashifa Kassam, “‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other. It’s a spectacle, a Dantesque spectacle.”

Synonyms

• Dantean

Translations

of or pertaining to Dante or his style, with elevated tone and somber focus

• Arabic: دانتيا
• Catalan: dantesc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 但丁的 (zh) (Dàndīng de)

• Czech: dantovský
• Dutch: dantesk (nl)
• Esperanto: danta, danteska
• Estonian: dantelik
• Finnish: dantelainen
• French: dantesque (fr)
• German: dantesk (de)
• Greek: δάντειος (dánteios), δαντικός (el) (dantikós)
• Hungarian: dantei (hu)
• Italian: dantesco (it)
• Japanese: ダンテの (Dante no)
• Polish: dantejski (pl)
• Portuguese: dantesco (pt)
• Romanian: dantesc (ro)
• Russian: да́нтовский (dántovskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: да̀нтеовскӣ

  Roman: dànteovskī (sh)

• Spanish: dantesco (es)
• Swedish: Dantes (sv), dantesk
• Tamil: தாந்தேயின் (tāntēyiṉ)
• Ukrainian: дантівські (dantivsʹki)
• Vietnamese: Đăng-tơ