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prosaic
pro·sa·ic P0605600 (prō-zā′ĭk)adj.1. a. Consisting or characteristic of prose.b. Matter-of-fact; straightforward.2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
[Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa, prose; see prose.]
pro·sa′i·cal·ly adv.pro·sa′ic·ness n.prosaic (prəʊˈzeɪɪk) adj1. lacking imagination2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) having the characteristics of prose[C16: from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa prose] proˈsaically adv proˈsaicness, proˈsaicalness npro•sa•ic (proʊˈzeɪ ɪk) also pro•sa′i•cal,
adj. 1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact; unimaginative: a prosaic mind. 2. of or like prose rather than poetry. [1650–60; < Late Latin prōsaicus. See prose, -ic] pro•sa′i•cal•ly, adv. pro•sa′ic•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"matter-of-factunrhetorical - not rhetorical | | 2. | prosaic - lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"pedestrian, prosy, earthbounduninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" | | 3. |  prosaic - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous, commonplaceunexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life" |
prosaicadjective dull, ordinary, boring, routine, flat, dry, everyday, tame, pedestrian, commonplace, mundane, matter-of-fact, stale, banal, uninspiring, humdrum, trite, unimaginative, hackneyed, workaday, vapid the aimless monotony of our prosaic everyday life
interesting, exciting, unusual, extraordinary, fascinating, entertaining, imaginative, poeticalprosaicadjective1. Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are:down-to-earth, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic.2. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired.Translationsprosaicoprosaicoпрозаический
prosaic
Related to prosaic: abstruseSynonyms for prosaicadj dullSynonyms- dull
- ordinary
- boring
- routine
- flat
- dry
- everyday
- tame
- pedestrian
- commonplace
- mundane
- matter-of-fact
- stale
- banal
- uninspiring
- humdrum
- trite
- unimaginative
- hackneyed
- workaday
- vapid
Antonyms- interesting
- exciting
- unusual
- extraordinary
- fascinating
- entertaining
- imaginative
- poetical
Synonyms for prosaicadj having or indicating an awareness of things as they really areSynonyms- down-to-earth
- hard
- hardheaded
- matter-of-fact
- objective
- practical
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- realistic
- sober
- tough-minded
- unromantic
adj lacking liveliness, charm, or surpriseSynonyms- arid
- aseptic
- colorless
- drab
- dry
- dull
- earthbound
- flat
- flavorless
- lackluster
- lifeless
- lusterless
- matter-of-fact
- pedestrian
- spiritless
- sterile
- stodgy
- unimaginative
- uninspired
Synonyms for prosaicadj not fanciful or imaginativeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj lacking wit or imaginationSynonyms- pedestrian
- prosy
- earthbound
Related Wordsadj not challengingSynonyms- humdrum
- unglamorous
- unglamourous
- commonplace
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