poetical

po·et·i·cal

adj \-ti-kəl\

Definition of POETICAL

1

: poetic

2

: being beyond or above the truth of history or nature : idealized <had poetical ideas about love>

— po·et·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

— po·et·i·cal·ness \-ti-kəl-nəs\ noun

Examples of POETICAL

1. <love letters that were filled with poetical phrases>

First Known Use of POETICAL

14th century

Related to POETICAL

Synonyms: bardic, lyric, lyrical, poetic, poeticized

Antonyms: prosaic, prose, unlyrical, unpoetic

Related Words: metrical (or metric), rhyming (also riming), rhythmic (or rhythmical); rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); florid, flowery, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, ornate, purple; glamorized (also glamourized), idealized, romanticized; figurative, metaphoric (or metaphorical), symbolic (also symbolical)

Near Antonyms: factual, literal, matter-of-fact; antipoetic

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Rhymes with POETICAL

heretical