quixotic

Speech parts

1. quixotic - Noun

2. quixotic - Adjective

3. quixotic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

romantic wild-eyed mystic fantastic ideal impossible wild theoretical abstract imaginary ideological impractical speculative absurd optimistic
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Antonyms

down-to-earth common certain real true actual
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Examples

The idea of defending, as integral parts of our Empire, countries 10,000 miles off, like Australia, which neither pay a shilling to our revenue...nor afford us any exclusive trade...is about as quixotic a specimen of national folly as was ever exhibited. Richard Cobden

He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes. Daniel Wallace

Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the environment include many of the agents we require for its reconstruction. George Will

Orwell can only be understood as an essentially quixotic man. ... He defended, passionately and as a matter of principle, unpopular causes. George Woodcock

There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity. Gioconda Belli

as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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