juxtaposed

[ juhk-stuh-pohzd, juhk-stuh-pohzd ]

/ ˈdʒʌk stəˌpoʊzd, ˌdʒʌk stəˈpoʊzd /

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adjective

placed or appearing close together or side by side, especially with an arresting or surprising effect, or in a way that invites comparison or contrast:The director handles the juxtaposed strands of the movie deftly, interweaving psychological intrigue with smartly observed comedy.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose.

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Origin of juxtaposed

juxtapose + -ed²

Words nearby juxtaposed

juvenility, juvenilize, Juventa Fons, juvie, juxtapose, juxtaposed, juxtaposition, JV, jwlr., J.W.V., Jy

How to use juxtaposed in a sentence

This technique allowed Mehring to juxtapose color fields — in this case, gold and blue — with simple geometric shapes.
In the galleries: The Washington colorists and the CIA|Mark Jenkins|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
This metaphor raises a lot of questions when juxtaposed with the rest of the lyrics of the song.
R. Kelly’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Black Panties,’ Analyzed|Chancellor Agard|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And at Waddesdon Manor last year, items were placed in certain places, juxtaposed with objects that look entirely different.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut|Iain Millar|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And, while there are many startlingly violent scenes, they are juxtaposed with beauteous ones.
‘12 Years a Slave,’ Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, Is Mesmerizing|Marlow Stern|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He piques all your senses, but the details are further juxtaposed with raw descriptions of suffering and death.
A Carpet Weaver’s Essential Afghan Memoir: Qais Akbar Omar’s ‘A Fort of Nine Towers’|John Kael Weston|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is against their wholeness that the incomplete impressions of the recent past or present are juxtaposed.
Resurrecting Afghanistan: Khaled Hosseini’s ‘And the Mountains Echoed’|Rafia Zakaria|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Their body is compressed and not covered with ordinary scales, but with small juxtaposed scutes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various
Thus it happened that in Eustacia's brain were juxtaposed the strangest assortment of ideas, from old time and from new.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
One could not react too carefully juxtaposed against glaring opposites in a universe filled with few resolutions.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
This military criticism and technical discussion juxtaposed to the epic prelude and the epic sequel is a clever device enough.
Cyropaedia|Xenophon
The two things—elements—don't somehow illustrate each other, and are juxtaposed only by the terrible globe-shrinkage.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry James

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