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Recent Examples of gracioso
Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.
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Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.
—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.
—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gracioso
Noun
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On freedom of opinion, on freedom of the press, on freedom of satire, on jesters’ freedom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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No one wants to be a jester, debasing oneself for a more powerful person’s amusement.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Peep the pricing, and Ye is still getting paid to play his catalog despite his real-world antics.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Glen Powell gets his Han Solo moment as the slick pilot Fox McCloud, and mischievous monkeys known as Ukikis threaten to steal the show with their pickpocketing antics.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After the Great Splintering that seemed to occur after the pandemic, digicore artists are dropping posse cuts and random madcap loosies with each other again.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The Giants’ motley run matches the 1937-55 St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles (also in left field) for the longest streak in major-league history featuring a different player at the same position on Opening Day.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Any one of 162 games is less a sample size than a glance, and fool’s gold is ever present.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Don’t let the recent rain fool you.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.—
Tiana Lowe,
National Review,
28 July 2017
Noun
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Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast’s comic skills.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2019
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Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso.—
John Von Rhein,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Feb. 2018
Cite this Entry
“Gracioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gracioso. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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