Prosaic

Word PROSAIC
Character 7
Hyphenation pro sa ic
Pronunciations /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Prosaic"

What do we mean by prosaic?

Consisting or characteristic of prose. adjective

Matter-of-fact; straightforward. adjective

Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull. adjective

Pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose.

Ordinary or commonplace in style or expression; uninteresting; dull; of persons, commonplace in thought; lacking imagination; literal.

Synonyms Vapid, flat, bald, tame, humdrum, stupid.

Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose. adjective

Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy. adjective

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose. adjective

Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry. adjective

Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum. adjective

Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement adjective

Not fanciful or imaginative adjective

Lacking wit or imagination adjective

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

(main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

A adjective that sounds like a complement(ex. "poetic," "prose"), but, in actuality, is derogatory, meaning dry, verbose, boring, long, slow, or drawn-out. As such, it is a wonderful way to insult someone to their face; even if they do know what it means, they will often excuse you for it, thinking that you thought it meant something good. Urban Dictionary

Ideas that normally appear in our brain in prosaic forms i.e. without any metrical composition. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prosaic

The word "prosaic" in example sentences

My most cordial thanks therefore for the gift which you call prosaic, and my best regards to your husband. ❋ Liszt, Franz (1893)

The prosaic is an affair of description and narration, of details accumulated and relations elaborated, It spreads as it goes like a legal document or catalogue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Still other manufacturers wrap their cars in prosaic disguises in an attempt to travel on public streets without tipping off the paparazzi. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Even in prosaic settings "aggressiveness can be beneficial if it helps you pound the table and say, 'I want justice!" ❋ Unknown (1994)

The greatest things that the world has seen have been wrought out under the eyes of us, plain prosaic men that we are. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Poetic prose may not be the best prose, just as (to use a false antithesis) dull poetry is called prosaic; but there is no natural antagonism between prose and verse as literary mediums, provided always that the spirit that animates them be akin. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

Out of these commonplace elements, elements that one might almost call prosaic, Wagner wrought his picture of storm, with its terror, power, joyous laughter of the storm's daughters -- storm as it must have seemed to the first poets of our race. ❋ John F. Runciman (1891)

In the first place, then, he had the good fortune to be born in the most prosaic of all countries -- the most prosaic, that is, in external appearance, and even in the superficial character of its inhabitants. ❋ Leslie Stephen (1868)

Philippians 'renewed thought of him is likened to a tree's putting forth its buds in a gracious springtide, and may link with it the pretty fancy of an old commentator whom some people call prosaic and puritanical ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

They have been called prosaic, but this is not a right word for them; they were neither sentimental, nor, strictly speaking, poetical. ❋ Matthew Arnold (1855)

In that very land, called prosaic -- the land of dollars -- I inhaled the very acme of the poetic spirit; not from the rhythm of books, but expressed in the most beautiful types of the human form, in the noblest impulses of the human soul, in rock and stream, in bird, and leaf and flower. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Then, in small, distinct print, and in short prosaic sentences on one full page of lined paper he submitted to the police, Mr. Aron told the story of how he had kidnapped, killed and systematically dismembered an 8-year-old boy who had gotten lost one afternoon in Brooklyn on the way back from camp and had sought his help. ❋ By LIZ ROBBINS (2011)

The fact is Irish fiction tends to be poetic rather than prosaic, which is something that non-Irish reviewers find hard to grasp. ❋ The Punishment Of Sloth (2010)

It is true, according to common parlance, that poetry may be prosaic, that is, it may have the ordinary qualities of prose, though it be in metre; and prose may be poetical, that is, it may be invested with all the ordinary qualities of poetry, except metre. ❋ 1771-1854 (1854)

Even I winced when I wrote in the previous paragraph that Aelfric used "prosaic" language. ❋ Prof. De Breeze (2008)

Conversely, the dialogic, novelistic style endorsed by Bakhtin and exemplified by Dick is above all critical and dialectical, its "prosaic" quality may signal substantive, as opposed to merely technical, complexity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Apparently, my subconscious occasionally relaxes the standards for "prosaic". ❋ Sirilyan (2001)

Person: Hey, what do you think of my [Harry Potter Sexual] Fanfic? Me: *[Washing eyes] out* It's very, um, prosaic! Person: Oh, why thank you! I'll go submit this to a [publisher]! Me: *Snickers evilly.* ❋ X3y (2019)

We can say that “thinking is translating ‘[prosaic-ideas]’ without [accessories]” since ideas (in brain) do not follow any metrical [composition]. ❋ Rajeeb2014 (2013)

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