Dantesque

[ dan-tesk ]

adjective

1. in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.

Other Words From

• pseudo-Dan·tesque adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dantesque¹

1825–35; Dant(e) + -esque; compare French dantesque, Italian dantesco

Example Sentences

It has been called a weird Dantesque funeral-march over the whole heathen world; but it is more than that.

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In the eighty-acre horse pasture the pony with the Dantesque face grew fat and almost smiling.

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If you object to my phrase, please to observe that it is Dantesque—which will oblige you to find it admirable.

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Some day he will rediscover the Dantesque hierarchy of souls implicit in humanity.

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Distinctly Dantesque was the gulf between the huge mountain sides which threatened every moment to fall.

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