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Meaning of "Mittyesque" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MITTYESQUE

Mittyesque  [ˌmɪtɪˈesk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MITTYESQUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mittyesque is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MITTYESQUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mittyesque

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It. It has since been reprinted in James Thurber: Writings and Drawings, is available on-line on the New Yorkers's website, and is one of the most frequently anthologized short stories in American literature. The story is considered one of Thurber's "acknowledged masterpieces". It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story. It was also adapted into a 2013 film, which is again very different from the original. The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.

Definition of Mittyesque in the English dictionary

The definition of Mittyesque in the dictionary is similar to or behaving like Walter Mitty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MITTYESQUE


blottesque
blɒˈtesk
Chaplinesque
ˌtʃæplɪnˈesk
chivalresque
ʃɪvəlˈresk
Coenesque
ˌkəʊənˈesk
Dantesque
dænˈtesk
hot-desk
ˈhɒtˌdesk
Italianesque
ɪˌtæljəˈnesk
Jonahesque
ˌdʒəʊnəˈesk
Leonardesque
ˌliːənɑːˈdesk
madrigalesque
ˈmædrɪɡəlˌesk
plateresque
ˌplætəˈresk
Rembrandtesque
ˌrembræntˈesk
satyresque
ˌsætərˈesk
yesk
jesk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MITTYESQUE

Mittelland Canal
mitten
mittened
Mitterrand
mittimus
Mitty
Mitty-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE MITTYESQUE

arabesque
babelesque
barbaresque
burlesque
carnivalesque
Disneyesque
gigantesque
grotesque
humoresque
Junoesque
Kafkaesque
Moresque
picaresque
picturesque
Pythonesque
risque
Romanesque
Rubenesque
soldatesque
statuesque
Titanesque

Synonyms and antonyms of Mittyesque in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Mittyesque» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Mittyesque
1,325 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
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Mittyesque
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Mittyesque
380 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
280 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
278 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
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Mittyesque
260 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
220 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
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Mittyesque
180 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
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Mittyesque
85 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
85 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
80 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
75 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
75 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
70 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
65 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
50 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
40 millions of speakers

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Mittyesque
30 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
15 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
14 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
10 millions of speakers
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Mittyesque
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mittyesque

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MITTYESQUE»

The term «Mittyesque» is used very little and occupies the 178.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mittyesque

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MITTYESQUE»

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A henpecked husband copes with the frustrations of his dull life by imagining he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant doctor, and other dashing figures.
James Thurber, 2008
2
How to Write and Sell Great Short Stories
I have met a few Mittyesque characters in my life and I suppose all writers must become like Walter Mitty, to a certain extent, when they write. In fact, it is far better to become Mittyesque than become like a certain man I read about a couple of ...
Linda M. James, 2011
3
Lovers for a Day: New and Collected Stories on Love
In these stories spanning his long career from the 1960s to the present, he gives us a gallery of people searching, in love, for escape: factory girls on their day off and assembly-line workers lost in Walter-Mittyesque fantasies; a young ...
Ivan Klima, 2007
4
Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving ...
... "island" graphic of bond ratings with which, in my Walter Mittyesque musings, I had confounded Speaker Gingrich.) A city's territoTable 7-6. Standardized Fiscal Health Scores for Sixty Major Cities, by THE DEFICIT MACHINE / 143.
David Rusk, 2001
5
The Great Tamasha: Cricket, Corruption and the Turbulent ...
... awonderful, Walter Mittyesque experience, in surreal circumstances. There was no chance one of.
James Astill, 2013
6
Mr. Mig: And the Real Story of the First Migs in America
(*Excessive “nose wheel shimmy” would be attributable to either excessive or insufficient nose wheel pressure, dependent upon nose wheel touchdown speed, during rollout.) Except for my initial “Walter Mittyesque” flight where I simply flew ...
Paul T. Entrekin, 2012
7
The Drama of Possibility: Experience as Philosophy of Culture
Is it possible, without indulging ourselves in a Walter Mittyesque self-deception, to turn this erosive quality of time passing to our own advantage? I suggest that we can beat time at its own game. Having created time, let us obviate it. Time, after ...
John Joseph McDermott, Douglas R. Anderson, 2007
8
Pragmatism and Religion: Classical Sources and Original Essays
Is it possible, without indulging ourselves in a Walter Mittyesque self-deception, to turn this erosive quality of time passing to our own advantage? I suggest that we can beat time at its own game. Having created time, let us obviate it. Time, after ...
Stuart E. Rosenbaum, 2003
9
The American Literature CLEP Exam
Third, the English language appropriated the word "Mittyesque" to describe an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic reveries than paying attention to the real world. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) In the 1920s, Dorothy Parker ...
Bob*Star Publishing, 2011
10
Aesthetics and Arts Education
Whether such dreams remain Mittyesque depends upon opportunity and instruction, not to mention such subtle personality factors as having a nose for reality and a tolerance for scrutiny. Second, dispositions just as frequently emerge from ...
Ralph Alexander Smith, Alan Simpson, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MITTYESQUE»

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And That Happened: Sunday's scores and highlights
Ackcherley, watching the GIF I just posted, it occurs to me that, given all of his Walter Mittyesque self-delusions and Baron Munchausen ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
2
An Expensive View (but Hardly Expansive) of New York City
Still, I admit it: I harbored Mittyesque daydreams. I longed to look at the city through that lens, to see not the big picture — the bridges and the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Back to Bedlam: Patrick Skene Catling on the book that makes …
... such as James Thurber by Mittyesque reveries of relief from his nagging wife, Evelyn Waugh by the paranoiac hallucinations of his alter ego, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
TV Picks: 'Los Jets,' TV podcasts, mini-sitcoms, 'Wizard Wars'
... after each episode -- the lively, divine Abby Elliott turns brief periods of downtime into interludes of Mittyesque daydreams and childlike play. «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»
5
'Walter Mitty' a lovable loser in any era
Basically, to be Mittyesque, you're someone who sometimes zones out, deep in thought in a fantasy world. The story has been adapted into ... «Great Falls Tribune, May 14»
6
'American Innovations' by Rivka Galchen
... see her stories not so much as individual works but as fragments of a self-portrait drawn by a clever, Mittyesque writer, inscrutable to the last, ... «New York Times, May 14»
7
Spins on the lieutenant governor job
Want to be transported on the magic carpet of imagination? To experience a Walter Mittyesque flight of fantasy? Read on, Macduff, for today ... «Boston Globe, Apr 14»
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'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'
Mittyesque” is a term used to refer to any sort of person who imagines themselves as far more accomplished than they actually are, but that ... «The Japan Times, Mar 14»
9
William Hague insists government's options remain open on Ukraine
Are you really a “member” of telemanky's “team” or was that just another Mittyesque vanity? Honesty please. dalai guevara. You know perfectly ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 14»
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'Secret Life of Walter Mitty' gets an update
The short story inspired the beloved 1940s screen comedy, numerous theater works, and sealed the phrase “he's a Walter Mitty” or “Mittyesque” ... «Inquirer.net, Jan 14»

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