POETIC JUSTICE

Meaning of POETIC JUSTICE in English

noun

[ U ] a situation in which sth bad happens to sb, and you think that this is what they deserve

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

POETIC JUSTICE — noun Date: circa 1890 an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POETIC JUSTICE — noun : an outcome of a fictitious or real situation in which vice is punished and virtue is rewarded usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POETIC JUSTICE — an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in some poetry and fiction. [ 1720-30 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POETIC JUSTICE — Date: circa 1890 : an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POETIC JUSTICE — Function: noun Date: circa 1890 : an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POETIC JUSTICE — ■ noun fitting or deserved retribution for a person's actions, as depicted in poetry or literature.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POETIC JUSTICE — [poetic justice] n (ca. 1890): an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usu. in a manner peculiarly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POETIC JUSTICE — in literature, an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded, usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate. …
Britannica English vocabulary
POETIC JUSTICE — poˌetic ˈjustice BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a situation in which someone suffers, and you think they deserve it because they …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POETIC JUSTICE — If you describe something bad that happens to someone as poetic justice , you mean that it is exactly what …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POETIC JUSTICE — If you describe something bad that happens to someone as ~, you mean that it is exactly what they deserve …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POETIC JUSTICE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And would it not be poetic justice if he who had devised it, eventually died …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POETIC JUSTICE — Synonyms and related words : ars poetica, defensibility, drumhead justice, dueness, equitableness, equity, evenhandedness, give-and-take, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — Каждому по заслугам
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость
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POETIC JUSTICE — идеальная справедливость идеальная справедливость
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POETIC — adj poetic; poetical; licentia poetic poetic license; arte poetic poetics
Interlingua English vocab
POETIC — adjective Date: 1530 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry, given to writing poetry, written in verse, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JUSTICE — I In philosophy, the concept of a proper proportion between a person's deserts (what is merited) and the good and …
Английский словарь Британика
POETIC — pōˈed.]ik, -et], ]ēk\ adjective Etymology: Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Greek poiētikos capable of making, creative, poetic, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUSTICE — ˈjəstə̇s noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English justice, justise, from Old English & Old French; Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POETIC — (a.) Alt. of Poetical
Английский словарь Webster
POETIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Poetical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POETIC — — poetically , adv. /poh et"ik/ , adj. Also, poetical . 1. possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JUSTICE — — justiceless , adj. /jus"tis/ , n. 1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POETIC — adj. of poetry; lyrical; having the qualities of a poem
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POETIC — adjective Date: 1530 1. a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry b. : given to writing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POETIC — adj ·alt. of poetical.
Webster English vocab
JUSTICE — vt to administer justice to. 2. justice ·adj agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim. 3. …
Webster English vocab
POETIC — ■ adjective relating to or of the nature of poetry. Derivatives ~al adjective ~ally adverb ~ism noun ~ize or ~ise …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POETIC — [po.et.ic] adj (1530) 1 a: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry b: given to writing poetry 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POETIC — poetic BrE AmE pəʊ ˈet ɪk AmE \ poʊ ˈet̬ ɪk ▷ poetic|al ə l ▷ poetic|ally ə l‿i ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POETIC — / pəʊˈetɪk; NAmE poʊ-/ (also less frequent poet·ical / -ɪkl; NAmE /) adjective 1. [ only before noun ] connected …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JUSTICE — / ˈdʒʌstɪs; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the fair treatment of people : laws based on the principles …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POETIC — po ‧ et ‧ ic /pəʊˈetɪk $ poʊ-/ BrE AmE ( also po‧et‧ic‧al /-ˈetɪk ə l/) adjective [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JUSTICE — jus ‧ tice W2 /ˈdʒʌstəs, ˈdʒʌstɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin justitia …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POETIC — adj. (also poetical) 1 a of or like poetry or poets. b written in verse. 2 elevated or sublime in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JUSTICE — n. 1 just conduct. 2 fairness. 3 the exercise of authority in the maintenance of right. 4 judicial proceedings (was …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POETIC — adj. (also poetical) 1 a of or like poetry or poets. b written in verse. 2 elevated or sublime in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JUSTICE — n. 1 just conduct. 2 fairness. 3 the exercise of authority in the maintenance of right. 4 judicial proceedings (was …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POETIC — adj. (also poetical) 1. a of or like poetry or poets. b written in verse. 2 elevated or sublime in …
Oxford English vocab
JUSTICE — n.1 just conduct. 2 fairness. 3 the exercise of authority in the maintenance of right. 4 judicial proceedings (was duly …
Oxford English vocab
POETIC — 1. Something that is poetic is very beautiful and expresses emotions in a sensitive or moving way. Nikolai Demidenko gave …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JUSTICE — ( justices) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Justice is fairness in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POETIC — 1. Something that is ~ is very beautiful and expresses emotions in a sensitive or moving way. Nikolai Demidenko gave …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
JUSTICE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Justice is fairness in the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POETIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES poetic inspiration (= which inspires someone to write poetry ) ▪ Poetic inspiration can come …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JUSTICE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sense of justice/fairness ▪ I appealed to her sense of justice. a system of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POETIC — poetical [adjective]Poetic means of or like poetry or poets.The story is written in richly poetic language.She edited an edition of …
Cambridge English vocab
JUSTICE — (JUDGE) [noun] [C] - a judge(US) The President is expected to name a new Supreme Court justice within the next …
Cambridge English vocab
JUSTICE — n. chief justice European Court of Justice International Court of Justice justice of the peace
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JUSTICE — n. In philosophy, the concept of a proper proportion between a person's deserts (what is merited) and the good and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POETIC — Synonyms and related words : Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Parnassian, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, aesthetic, airy, artistic, autistic, bardic, bucolic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POETIC — a. ; ( also ~al ) Metrical.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
POETIC — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POETIC — adj. VERBS ▪ be , sound ▪ wax ( AmE ) ▪ It's very easy to wax ~ ( = …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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