How to Use antic in a Sentence

antic

1 of 2 noun
Definition of anticnext
Synonyms for anticnext
  • Smith, of course, heard about the antics and vowed to get his revenge.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the hosts have seemed eager to get back to their wee-hours antics.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • And then there are the signature events, with on and off the field antics.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That said… The main concern is that the new kids on the block seem compelled to record and share their antics.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Imbibing has been key to the event since Cohen joined CNN’s end-of-the-year antics in 2017.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But the rapper does not seem to be bothered by any backlash for his antics.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Survival shooters have been all the rage on Twitch for years now due to the innate tension and wild antics to be found in them.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Whereupon Clark was subject to some of her own antics, courtesy of Reese.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The home, built in 1986, is thoroughly rooted in the antics of the era when cropped tops, power suits and aerobics were the rage.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • What other crazy antics will this season have in store?
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Browns either never heard about those antics or were not worried about them.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That was just the most notable of several crowd-engaging antics from the group’s hour-long set at the Rolling Stone stage.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Also watching was Prince William, who looked less than amused by the little ones' antics!
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • There are more than a few examples of coaches who take their antics too far.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Its offstage antics don’t rhyme with what happens during the shows.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The show based on the 1983 film takes the Ahmanson Theatre stage with all the same iconic antics, like licking a frozen flagpole.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • With each case, Monk brought a unique blend of pathos and humor to the proceedings, his antics serving up fodder for laughs and tears alike.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Dexter returns to work at Good Burger and is met with some of Ed's classic antics.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Trump and DeSantis allies have ramped up their feuding antics over the past weeks.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the war may as well have been yesterday for all of the old bigot’s antics and the vinegary asides by his Black employees.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The fans loved his antics, but his managers failed to appreciate the humor.
    — Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • These are the oblivious yet graceful antics of a living ghost.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Their antics produced a series of selfies, some of which appeared as if they’d been shot against a clean, white background.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Certain language in the court order also hints that Chutkan is getting wise to Trump’s antics.
    — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
  • For six seasons, Fran Drescher’s antics kept viewers all over the world engaged.
    — Brittany Natale, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2023
  • From the sweet moments to the hilarious antics, keep scrolling for all the cutest photos of the royal children on Charles's big weekend.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • Musk gets in the way of that growth quite frequently, thanks to anti-Semitic remarks and his general antics.
    — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But we have been robbed of the entertaining pre-pitch antics from Rafael Devers.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • In Season 2, the show leaned into its strengths, abandoning logic and heft in favor of soap opera antics.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, the pro-wrestling antics are the only really memorable thing about the film, a condemnation of its kooky, overstuffed plot.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
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antic

2 of 2 adjective
  • Even the best casts can flail when the vibe is more antic than comic.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • The antic scenes aren’t stealing from that kind of scene, and that kind of scene isn’t stealing from the comedy.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2022
  • Her little antic might’ve been a light nod to the groom, her uncle Prince Harry.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2018
  • The first is social play, which is any kind of antic that involves others.
    — Caitlin O'Connell, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Eleanor Bron and William Daniels show up at just the perfect time for some antic comic relief.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2021
  • The campaign became so antic and bizarre that one of the debates was hosted by the Game Show Network.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2021
  • And Weaving excels in the both the antic and ferocious extremes.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Lucy was a clown who expressed an antic inner world that women could see themselves in.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps Johnson’s remark about soaps is her private wink — this antic romp is a soap of sorts, one with age-old themes.
    — Washington Post, 21 June 2021
  • The trouble is that Lee will not modulate his antic music.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
  • But Waititi's brand of antic fizziness wouldn't really be right for what is in many ways a tragedy.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 June 2021
  • This isn’t the first time Canadians have attempted such an antic.
    — Laignee Barron, Time, 3 May 2018
  • Muster the money troubles, the love troubles, the antic clowning, the bone-crushing despair, the inchoate longings for art or truth or just a trip to Moscow.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • Walter Brennan brings antic humor and tender poignancy to the role of the tycoon’s longtime friend.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
  • While the picture book of the same name is quiet and muted, this movie is hilariously antic.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • And Reynolds is still very much on brand in his familiar screen mode as the antic joker who serves up one-liners like they're being pinged from a ball machine.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The clamor of death in this untamed landscape is both sexualized and antic.
    — Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • Jesse, my new neighbor, moved in with his family and an antic something-doodle in early summer, after the cold fear of the first wave had passed.
    — Susan Dominus, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But the antic chemistry among Mann, Cena and Barinholtz is stellar.
    — Jake Coyle, kansascity, 5 Apr. 2018
  • She was not considered threatening, as a man in woman’s dress might be, but something of a folly, an antic, a sport.
    — Longreads, 8 May 2018
  • The sketch showcases Burnett at her sharpest and most antic during her earliest years on TV.
    — Tom Keogh, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
  • This gem from the Salahuddin brothers and Diallo Riddle is an antic, loving ode to Chicago, a city that has been stereotyped to death.
    — The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
  • And yet it’s made with exuberance, an embrace of the absurd and antic, undaunted joy.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • One such antic involved throwing his entire body at the plastic glass that divides a hockey rink from the spectators.
    — al.com, 6 June 2019
  • In Murray, Reitman found his muse, his antic lazy-bones hero, his ironic anti-rebel.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • For much of the way, The Bad Guys is antic fun, aided immeasurably by the terrific vocal performances.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2022
  • DeBeauvoir relied on Ben, her polymath husband, as a sounding board and a source of antic brainstorms.
    — Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Thornton Wilder’s antic play, from 1942, packs in an ice age, a deluge and midcentury décor.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This antisocial antic involves retrofitting a diesel truck to flood the engine with excess gas, producing clouds of thick black smoke.
    — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Horrorcore lyrics placed him in the cross-hairs of parents and earned him a string of protesters outside his shows, while simultaneously endearing him to a younger generation that hung on each new antic.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023

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