cartoonishness
cartoonishness noun: the state or condition of being cartoonish.
Noun
cartoonishness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being cartoonish.
- But while Katy Perry similarly threw herself into the spirit of the event – crowdsurfing, dancing with a security guard, charming the audience – her peculiar combination of newfound political conscience and longstanding predisposition to DayGlo cartoonishness was simultaneously intriguing and...2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian
- Peggy Cosgrave, under the direction of Penguin’s artistic director, Joe Brancato, gives Clara a genial, down-to-earth kindness that keeps her simplicity from crossing over into cartoonishness — a real risk given the jokey facility of Mr. Dudzick’s writing.2009 May 31, Sylviane Gold, “And All Because Mary Visited the Barbershop”, in New York Times
Origin of cartoonishness
From cartoonish + -ness.
Questions about cartoonishness
- What does cartoonishness mean?
- Cartoonishness means the state or condition of being cartoonish.
- What part of speech is cartoonishness?
- Cartoonishness is a noun.
Words near cartoonishness in the dictionary
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