carnivalesque Definition
car·ni·val·esque (kar′nə vəl esk′)
adjective
like a carnival, as in being excessive, disordered, chaotic, surreal, vital, etc.
carnivalesque Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- atmosphere: One key is that she made the carnivalesque atmosphere of fair that begins the play extend throughout the entire action.
- body: This new work is about the unruly, carnivalesque even grotesque body, which refuses to be ignored.
- reversal: Christianity, with its parody of a Messiah and carnivalesque reversals of rich and poor, shatters the classical equipoise between high and low.
Browse dictionary entries near carnivalesque
- ‹ carnival
- ‹ carnify
- ‹ carnet
- ‹ carnelian
- ‹ Carnegie, Andrew
- ‹ Carnegie
- ‹ carnauba
- ‹ carnation
- ‹ Carnatic
- ‹ carnassial
- carnivore ›
- Carnivore Sniffer ›
- carnivorous ›
- Carnot ›
- carnotite ›
- carny ›
- carob ›
- caroche ›
- carol ›
- Carolina ›

