Top Definitions
Quizzes
Related Content
Examples
Explore Dictionary

artsy

[ ahrt-see ]

/ ˈɑrt si /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR artsy

adjective, art·si·er, art·si·est.Informal.

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of artsy

1900–05; art¹ + -sy or art¹ + -s³ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM artsy

art·si·ness, noun

Words nearby artsy

arts, arts and crafts, Arts and Crafts Movement, arts medicine, art song, artsy, Artsybashev, artsy-craftsy, artsy-fartsy, art therapy, art union

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for artsy

I hang out with artsy theater people, with angry political activists, and with nerds of all stripes.
It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry?|Arthur Chu|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was making a bunch of short films in high school and was kind of artsy, so I always knew I wanted to go to art school.
How 'The Mindy Project' Star Adam Pally Became Hollywood's Go-To 'Bro'|Kevin Fallon|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[Tatum laughs] Like I found the three other artsy goth kids at Boulder and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs|Kevin Fallon|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But even at Boulder I found the artsy kids and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs|Kevin Fallon|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You can read most of the text online for free, if you have the patience to deal with artsy websites.
Crazy Cartography: Artists and Writers Conjure a Slew of Imaginative Maps|Lauren Elkin|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Can You Guess Today's Synonym?