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Antonyms for fabulous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fab-yuh-luhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæb yə ləs |
Definition of fabulous
Origin :- early 15c., "mythical, legendary," from Latin fabulosus "celebrated in fable; rich in myths," from fabula (see fable (n.)).
- Sense of "incredible" first recorded c.1600. Slang shortening fab first recorded 1957; popularized in reference to The Beatles, c.1963.
- Fabulous (often contracted to fab(s)) and fantastic are also in that long list of words which boys and girls use for a time to express high commendation and then get tired of, such as, to go no farther back than the present century, topping, spiffing, ripping, wizard, super, posh, smashing. [Gower's 1965 revision of Fowler's "Modern English Usage"]
- Related: Fabulously.
- adj amazing, wonderful
- He also gave me an admirable chameleon, a prehistoric, fabulous sort of animal.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Arthur was a Celt, and may have been a fabulous Celt; but he was a fable on the right side.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- It must have been a strike of fabulous proportions that had caused this excitement.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- The seed of the unknown was sown, and would grow into a crop of fabulous magnitude.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- He knew, also, that this fabulous creature was bent on destroying him.
- Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
- To most, the name of England was like that of some fabulous dream-land.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- I, too, was proud—for him, if not so certain of the fabulous value of the bargain.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- He accepted her presence there with a tired acquiescence in its fabulous improbability.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
- With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- To ride well is to recreate the fabulous centaur of Thessaly.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
Synonyms for fabulous
- 10
- A-1
- A-OK
- aces
- astonishing
- astounding
- awesome
- best
- breathtaking
- cool
- doozie
- extravagant
- fab
- fantastic
- fictitious
- first-class
- greatest
- groovy
- immense
- inconceivable
- incredible
- legendary
- marvelous
- mind-blowing
- out-of-sight
- out-of-this-world
- outrageous
- peachy
- phenomenal
- primo
- prodigious
- rad
- remarkable
- spectacular
- striking
- stupendous
- super
- superb
- terrific
- top drawer
- tops
- turn-on
- unbelievable
- unreal
- wicked
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