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单词 Hogarthian
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Definition of Hogarthian in English:

Hogarthian

adjective həˈɡɑːθɪənhoʊˈɡɑrθiən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the English painter and engraver William Hogarth or his satirical political illustrations.

    a Hogarthian scene
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were Hogarthian drawings of slum buildings with broken windows stuffed with rubbish and humans sprawled in the gutter, dead drunk among the filth.
    • British streets are no longer safe at night and unless something radical is done soon, we will find ourselves in Hogarthian times again.
    • The style of both dress and house is that of early 18th-century Hogarthian caricature, and the production has a darker air than most.
    • He was appalled by the excesses of the French Revolution, which he depicted in graphic Hogarthian detail in Plundering the King's Cellar at Paris.
    • His old-timey ink-and-watercolor illustrations feel almost Hogarthian in places, but the sepia quality is well suited to this engrossing historical tale.
    • As I think back to that Hogarthian nightscape, I can understand why we of a tender bourgeois sensibility are panicked by the idea of further relaxing the licence laws.

Rhymes

Parthian

Definition of Hogarthian in US English:

Hogarthian

adjectivehōˈɡärTHēənhoʊˈɡɑrθiən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the English painter and engraver William Hogarth or his satirical political illustrations.

    a Hogarthian scene
    Example sentencesExamples
    • British streets are no longer safe at night and unless something radical is done soon, we will find ourselves in Hogarthian times again.
    • They were Hogarthian drawings of slum buildings with broken windows stuffed with rubbish and humans sprawled in the gutter, dead drunk among the filth.
    • His old-timey ink-and-watercolor illustrations feel almost Hogarthian in places, but the sepia quality is well suited to this engrossing historical tale.
    • He was appalled by the excesses of the French Revolution, which he depicted in graphic Hogarthian detail in Plundering the King's Cellar at Paris.
    • As I think back to that Hogarthian nightscape, I can understand why we of a tender bourgeois sensibility are panicked by the idea of further relaxing the licence laws.
    • The style of both dress and house is that of early 18th-century Hogarthian caricature, and the production has a darker air than most.
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