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Avengersesque

Avengersesque adjective: reminiscent of The Avengers, a British espionage TV show.

Adjective (1)

Avengersesque (comparative more Avengersesque, superlative most Avengersesque)

  1. Reminiscent of The Avengers, a British espionage TV show.
    • Siouxie and the Banshees did an Avengeresque video some years ago. Don't remember the title of the song, though.1998 October 30, JBoorstein, “Forget-me-Notes”, in alt.tv.avengers (Usenet)
    • On the other hand, I just thought of the scene in DIABOLIK in which the audience at the press conference receive a jolt of laughing gas, which is very Avengersesque.1999 September 10, David Scott Lessenberry, “OTP-They Just Don't Get It...”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet)

Adjective (2)

Avengersesque (comparative more Avengersesque, superlative most Avengersesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of The Avengers (a superhero team from Marvel) or the media associated with them.
    • Even the Squadron Supreme, the grandaddy of doppelganger characters, were born for an "unofficial crossover," with DC doing an appearance of Avengersesque characters the same month, and were used largely for satire, until Mark, in their maxi-series, took them in their own, rather different...2005 July 24, Kurt Busiek, “- Bendis on Wanda summoning Simon under Busiek...”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe (Usenet)
    • Because its a TV show focused on world building. The Hobbit was focused on the action, and having Avengersesque battles, which is contrast to what The Hobbits about.2024 October 5, @beto_themonster, X, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026

Forms of Avengersesque

comparativemore Avengersesque
superlativemost Avengersesque
alternative formAvengers-esque

Origin of Avengersesque

From (The) Avengers (“British TV show”) + -esque.

From Avengers (“Marvel team”) + -esque.

Questions about Avengersesque

What does Avengersesque mean?
Avengersesque means reminiscent of The Avengers, a British espionage TV show.
What part of speech is Avengersesque?
Avengersesque is an adjective.

Words near Avengersesque in the dictionary

  1. avenger
  2. avengeress
  3. avengeresses
  4. avengers
  5. Avengers-esque
  6. Avengersesque
  7. avenges
  8. avengest
  9. avengeth
  10. avenging
  11. avengingly

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