artistic
Syllables: ar·tist·ic/ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk//ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/
artistic adjective: having or revealing creative skill. Also the euphemistic form of autistic.
Adjective
artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)
- Having or revealing creative skill.
- He [Abraham Lincoln] leaves for America’s history and biography, so far, not only its most dramatic reminiscence—he leaves, in my opinion, the greatest, best, most characteristic, artistic, moral personality.1865 April 16, Walt Whitman, “Death of President Lincoln”, in Specimen Days, Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., published 1882–83, page 68
- Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
- Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like.1890, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, “The Picture Defended”, in Sheridan Ford, editor, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, New York: Frederick Stokes & Brother, pages 69–70
- Aesthetically pleasing.
- To be artistic, that is, to excite the feeling of beauty effectually, the notes must not be all forte or all piano ; and the execution is the finer the more numerous the gradations—supposing these are such as to satisfy other requirements.1855, Herbert Spencer, “Æsthetic Sentiments”, in The Principles of Psychology, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published 1877, page 640
Adverb
artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)
- Artistically, in an artistic style.
- 'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'1963, Geoffrey Tolhurst, Flat 4 Kings Cross, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1966, page 100
- Antonyms:
- inartistic
Also used as
artistic is also the euphemistic form of autistic.
artistic meaning in Hindi and Indonesian
artistic in Hindi
- having creative skill
- कलापूर्ण kalāpūrṇ
artistic in Indonesian
- having creative skill
- seniah
- relating to art or artists
- seniah
- aesthetically pleasing
- seniah
Examples of artistic in a sentence
- Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.
- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
- Despite their artistic ambitions, they were never able to escape the label of a pop group.
Synonyms of artistic
Antonyms
Forms of artistic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more artistic |
| superlative | most artistic |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more artistic |
| superlative | most artistic |
Origin of artistic
Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.
Words formed from artistic
Phrases with artistic
Words that rhyme with artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
- holistic
29 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about artistic
- What does artistic mean?
- Artistic means having or revealing creative skill.
- What is artistic in Hindi?
- Artistic in Hindi is कलापूर्ण (kalāpūrṇ). See Artistic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is artistic?
- Artistic can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce artistic?
- Artistic is pronounced /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near artistic in the dictionary
Source and license
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