Antonyms for retold
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : ree-tel |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈtɛl |
Definition of retold
Origin :- 1590s, from re- "back, again" + tell (v.). Related: Retold; retelling.
- As in narrative : adj storylike, chronological
- As in repeated : adj said again
- As in quote : verb repeat something spoken, written by another
- As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
- As in reiterate : verb say or do again
- As in relate : verb give an account of
- As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
- As in retrace : verb repeat
- As in restate : verb repeat
- Moliere took those old stories and retold them in his own language.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- These were Scottish children to whom the stories were retold, and they understood the Scottish tongue.
- Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
- The rest of the story is now familiar and needs not be retold.
- Extract from : « The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. » by Various
- In the tales as I have retold them for you, I hope you will not find any of these faults.
- Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
- In 1885 this story was retold from authentic sources as follows.
- Extract from : « Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance » by Various
- Often she did not know its name, sometimes she could not have retold the tale.
- Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young
- So the wonderful story was told and retold for miles and miles around.
- Extract from : « Father Thrift and His Animal Friends » by Joseph Charles Sindelar
- I have retold it here because we have in it the animal in the man.
- Extract from : « Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories » by Anonymous
- They have been told and retold in every pulpit of the world.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Briefly he stated his errand and retold the tale he had told the sheriff.
- Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely
Synonyms for retold
- account for
- address
- adduce
- anecdotal
- answer
- attest
- backtrack
- break a story
- chant
- chime
- chronicle
- cite
- clue one in
- come again
- communicate
- convey
- declaim
- delineate
- deliver
- depict
- describe
- detail
- din
- disclose
- discourse
- ditto
- divulge
- double-check
- dramatize
- drum into
- echo
- echoed
- enact
- enlarge
- enumerate
- excerpt
- expatiate
- explain
- express
- extract
- fictional
- fictive
- get off one's chest
- give a report
- give an account
- give the word
- give verbal account
- go over again
- historical
- hold forth
- hold over
- imitate
- impart
- ingeminate
- instance
- interpret
- itemize
- iterate
- lay it on the line
- let one's hair down
- make like
- mention
- name
- narrate
- narrated
- occur again
- paraphrase
- paraphrased
- parrot
- particularize
- perform
- perseverate
- picture
- play back
- play over
- portray
- present
- proclaim
- quote
- quoted
- read back
- reannounced
- reappear
- recall
- recap
- recapitulate
- recapitulated
- recast
- recheck
- reciprocate
- recite
- recited
- recollect
- reconstruct
- recount
- recounted
- recrudesce
- recur
- redo
- reel off
- refashion
- refer to
- reference
- reform
- rehash
- rehashed
- rehearse
- reissue
- reiterate
- reiterated
- relate
- remake
- reminisce
- render
- renew
- reoccur
- repeat
- replay
- reply
- report
- reported
- reprise
- reproduce
- rerun
- resay
- reshow
- restate
- restated
- retell
- retold
- return
- reuttered
- reveal
- revert
- revolve
- rewarn
- rework
- run down
- run over
- run through
- say again
- sequential
- set forth
- shoot the breeze
- sing same old song
- sling
- soliloquize
- speak
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- state
- tell
- track
- utter
- verbalize
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