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cartoonish

/kɑːrtuːnɪʃ/ /kɑːrtuːnɪʃ/

Meanings
adjective
Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon

Examples :

"She was grinning a big, cartoonish grin."
style art character entertainment media

Related Words

Illustration exaggerated

exaggerated verb

/ɛɡ-/

To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

"My brother exaggerated how difficult the math test was, saying it would take him hours to complete, when in reality he finished it in just 30 minutes. "

Illustration she

she noun

/ʃiː/ /ʃi/

A female.

"Pat is definitely a she."

Illustration grinning

grinning verb

/ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/

To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

"Why do you grin?  Did I say something funny?"

Illustration cartoon

cartoon noun

/kɑːˈtuːn/ /kɑɹˈtuːn/

A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

"The children enjoyed the funny cartoon in the newspaper. "

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration caricatured

caricatured verb

/ˈkærɪkətʃərd/ /ˈkærɪkətʃʊərd/

To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

"The political cartoonist caricatured the mayor, giving him an enormous nose and tiny hands. "

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in noun

/ɪn/ /ən/ /ɘn/

A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

"His parents got him an in with the company."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration big

big noun

/bɪɡ/

Someone or something that is large in stature

"The big won the school's annual sports day. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration manner

manner noun

/ˈmænə/ /ˈmænɚ/

Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

"My sister learned to write in a very careful manner. "

Illustration grin

grin noun

/ɡɹɪn/

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

"A wide grin spread across her face as she saw her child's artwork. "