baroque

baroque is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In bad taste; grotesque; odd. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
2. noun. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

   Synonyms: baroqueness

3. noun. the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
4. adjective. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation-William Dean Howells

   "the building...frantically baroque"

   Synonyms: churrigueresco, churrigueresque

5. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

Synonyms

baroqueness, churrigueresco, churrigueresque

Common word forms

baroques, baroquely, baroqueness

Words from these letters

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