The Addams Family
Spooky sitcom household
The Addams Family is a fictional household of macabre aristocrats who delight in the grotesque and morbid while remaining warmly devoted to one another.
Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, the characters appeared in New Yorker cartoons beginning in 1938 and later in television series, films, and musicals.
The family—including Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and Lurch—inverts suburban normalcy, finding joy in what others find horrifying.
They're like the Addams Family over there suggests an eccentric household with dark or unconventional tastes.
Spanish-origin family name
- WednesdayFourth weekday
- ThingUnspecified entity or matter
- OpheliaGreek name meaning help
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
Uncle Fester · household · ancestors · lineage · dynasty · heritage · bloodline · kinfolk
Unconventional in character
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
kooky · nonconformist · strange · weird · outcast · misfit · sword fighting · dynamite
Of a prim era
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- mansionLarge, stately home
- cobwebsAbandoned spider silk
- candelabraMulti-branched candle stand
cemetery · crypt · gargoyles · shadows · wrought iron · chandeliers · dungeon · torture devices
Witty magazine illustrations
- theme songProgram's recurring musical opener
- finger snappingSharp sound from digits
- cult classicObscure work with devoted fans
- Broadway musicalSung theatrical production
Raul Julia · Anjelica Huston · Christina Ricci · animated series · Tim Burton · cultural phenomenon
Comedy treating grim topics lightly
- satireMockery exposing vice
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- subversionUndermining established authority
absurdist · gallows humor · inversions · parody · oblivious · warmth · affection · sitcom
Unhealthily drawn to darkness
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- deathlyResembling the grave
sepulchral · guillotine · poison · carnivorous plants · graveyard · skulls · executioner · noose
Gomez
Spanish-origin family name
Uncle Fester · clan · household · ancestors · lineage · dynasty · heritage · bloodline · kinfolk · mansion
eccentric
Unconventional in character
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
bizarre · kooky · nonconformist · strange · weird · outcast · misfit · sword fighting · dynamite · train wrecks
Victorian
Of a prim era
candelabra · cemetery · crypt · gargoyles · shadows · wrought iron · chandeliers · dungeon · torture devices · séance
New Yorker cartoons
Witty magazine illustrations
- theme songProgram's recurring musical opener
- finger snappingSharp sound from digits
- cult classicObscure work with devoted fans
Raul Julia · Anjelica Huston · Christina Ricci · Broadway musical · animated series · Tim Burton · cultural phenomenon
dark comedy
Comedy treating grim topics lightly
- satireMockery exposing vice
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
subversion · absurdist · gallows humor · inversions · parody · oblivious · warmth · affection · sitcom · one-liners
morbid
Unhealthily drawn to darkness
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
deathly · sepulchral · guillotine · poison · carnivorous plants · graveyard · skulls · executioner · noose · electric chair
- Fictional FamiliesThe Simpsons, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Munsters, The Sopranos
- Comedy FilmsShrek, Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, Easy A, Austin Powers
- comic stripsPeanuts, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Blondie, Doonesbury
- Horror ComedyZombieland, Army of Darkness, Young Frankenstein, Scary Movie, Creepshow
The Addams FamilyThe Brady Bunch
Iconic merged household comedy
Leave It to Beaver · The Partridge Family · Full House · The Waltons · Father Knows Best
The Addams FamilyNorman Rockwell
Disneyland · Hallmark · Martha Stewart · white picket fence · wholesome
Addams, family, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, unfamiliar