gracioso

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Recent Examples of gracioso With Edusei’s fastidious beat, the orchestra played with hair-trigger precision, and a huge dynamic range, in Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso. Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2022 Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2. 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
  • Bailey, deft and playful, chooses to be his own antic, a droll and often hostile jester.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Tonight, these jesters are turned into rock stars in the heart of Midtown.
    Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Thunder’s postgame activities are not about antics.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • There will be plenty of people waiting to sign up for Jimmy’s antics.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.
    Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • 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
  • Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2018

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“Gracioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gracioso. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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