cartoony
cartoony — adjective
1. having a visual style that reminds you of a cartoon — with bright colors, simple
having a visual style that reminds you of a cartoon — with bright colors, simple bold outlines, or body shapes and expressions that are exaggerated rather than realistic.
The film's cartoony animation style made the children laugh throughout the whole show.
Yusuf drew a cartoony version of his teacher with an enormous smile and round glasses.
cartoony version of [person/thing] for exaggerated portrayal
The cafe walls were painted in bright, cartoony colours that felt cheerful and playful.
Beatriz wore a cartoony T-shirt with a giant banana waving hello on the front.
The app's cartoony characters use simple shapes instead of realistic human figures.
- cartoonish
the closest synonym; interchangeable in most contexts but slightly less common
- exaggerated
focuses on the distortion of features rather than the visual style as a whole
- stylized
more formal and neutral; describes any non-realistic art style, not just cartoon-like
- whimsical
emphasises the playful, fanciful quality rather than the visual appearance
文法句型
cartoony + noun (cartoony style / cartoony look)
be + cartoony
用法筆記
Commonly used informally to describe art, design, or animation. The tone can be positive (playful, charming) or slightly negative (oversimplified, not serious) depending on the context. Appears most often in attributive position before a noun, though predicative use (e.g., 'The drawing looks too cartoony') is also natural.