POETIC JUSTICE

Meaning of POETIC JUSTICE in English

poˌetic ˈjustice BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a situation in which someone suffers, and you think they deserve it because they did something bad:

After the way she treated Sam, it’s only poetic justice that Dave left her.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

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 — noun [ U ] a situation in which sth bad happens to sb, and you think that this is what …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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