Dantesque

dantesque English Etymology en :af Dante -esque + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌdæntɪˈɛsk/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dantesque.wav Southern England en /dɑnˈtɛsk/ Adjective Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321); characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus. en Ashifa Kassam ‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’ The Observer 2023-03-25 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/25/spain-noisy-nightlife-tensions 0029-7712 “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other. It’s a spectacle, a Dantesque spectacle.” en-GB Jon Henley; Ajit Niranjan Thousands flee wildfires in France and Spain as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe The Guardian 2026-07-24 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/people-evacuated-intense-wildfire-saumos-france 0261-3077 Brutal heat torching southern Europe has forced about 30,000 people to flee wildfires in France and Spain as a marine heatwave scalds the Mediterranean and researchers warn that “Dantesque” scenarios cannot be ruled out as infernos worsen. Synonyms en Dantean Translations of or pertaining to Dante or his style, with elevated tone and somber focus Arabic: ar دانتيا Catalan: ca dantesc Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 但丁 但丁的 Dàndīng de Czech: cs dantovský Dutch: nl dantesk Esperanto: eo danta, eo danteska Estonian: et dantelik Finnish: fi dantelainen French: fr dantesque German: de dantesk Greek: el δάντειος, el δαντικός Hungarian: hu dantei Italian: it dantesco Japanese: ja ダンテ ダンテの Dante no Polish: pl dantejski Portuguese: pt dantesco Romanian: ro dantesc Russian: ru да́нтовский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh да̀нтеовскӣ Latin: sh dànteovskī Spanish: es dantesco Swedish: sv Dantes, sv dantesk Tamil: ta தாந்தேயின் Ukrainian: uk дантівські Vietnamese: vi Đăng-tơ en eponyms