Antonyms for fairytale
| Grammar : Adj |
Definition of fairytale
Origin :- "oral narrative centered on magical tests, quests, and transformations," 1749, translating French Conte de feés of Madame d'Aulnois (1698, translated into English 1699). As an adjective (also fairytale), attested by 1963.
- As in romantic : adj sentimental, idealistic
- As in mythical : adj make-believe
- As in mythic : adj mythical
- As in mythologic : adj mythical
- As in mythological : adj mythical
- As in fanciful : adj imaginary, romantic
- I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale; then read this and that as well, and you will see what is a fairytale.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- You write as if a fairytale were a thing of importance: must it have a meaning?
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Suppose my child ask me what the fairytale means, what am I to say?
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Did you let her out of a box, as the princess did in the fairytale?
- Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood
- Rather a fairytale sort of country where mistletoe can be got so easily!
- Extract from : « Round the Wonderful World » by G. E. Mitton
- The processes of germination are as fascinating as a fairytale.
- Extract from : « ABC of Vegetable Gardening » by Eben Eugene Rexford
- You have been giving me a summary of a fairytale, haven't you?
- Extract from : « Rossmoyne » by Unknown
- You don't suppose I'm going to cave in, accept this fairytale?
- Extract from : « The Woman's Way » by Charles Garvice
- Because this is a masculine world, the author of this fairytale is usually identified as the wife of Poul Anderson.
- Extract from : « The Piebald Hippogriff » by Karen Anderson
- Nature is mood-engendering, thought-provoking: such ought the sonata, such ought the fairytale to be.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for fairytale
- absurd
- adventurous
- aerial
- allegorical
- amorous
- bathetic
- bizarre
- blue sky
- capricious
- castles in the air
- charming
- chimerical
- chivalrous
- colorful
- corny
- created
- curious
- daring
- dreamlike
- dreamy
- enchanting
- erotic
- exciting
- exotic
- extravagant
- fabled
- fabricated
- fabulous
- fairy-tale
- false
- fancied
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fantasy
- fascinating
- fictional
- fictitious
- fictive
- flaky
- floating
- folkloric
- fond
- glamorous
- ideal
- idyllic
- illusory
- imaginary
- imaginative
- imagined
- impractical
- incredible
- invented
- kinky
- legendary
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- made-up
- maudlin
- mushy
- mysterious
- mythic
- mythical
- mythologic
- mythological
- nonexistent
- nostalgic
- notional
- offbeat
- on cloud nine
- passionate
- picturesque
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- poetic
- preposterous
- pretended
- quixotic
- shadowy
- sloppy
- soppy
- starry-eyed
- storied
- suppositious
- supposititious
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tender
- traditional
- unreal
- unrealistic
- untrue
- utopian
- visionary
- whimsical
- wild
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