Dantesque
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of Dantesque
1825–35; Dant(e) + -esque; compare French dantesque, Italian dantesco
Example Sentences
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Education Minister Pilar Alegría called the image of Obregón leaving the hospital "Dantesque", referring to the Italian writer's journey through hell.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023
Inside Venezuela’s borders, the tragedy has reached Dantesque proportions.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2018
And, certainly, both his book and Helm’s are full of the kind of details that ordinarily appear only in Dantesque visions.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
“Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood” — she reflected upon the Dantesque meaning of Sondheim’s line, but she needn’t have said a word.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2015
A thick fog lay in the valley below, a smoldering cauldron of white from which only the treetops protruded, stark and Dantesque.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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