Synonyms for storied


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stawr-eed, stohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɔr id, ˈstoʊr-


Définition of storied

Origin :
  • late 15c., "ornamented with scenes from history," from past participle of verb form of story (n.1). Meaning "celebrated in history or legend" is from 1725.
  • adj famed
Example sentences :
  • Sad gardens stretch into sad parks; sad parks into storied and haunting forests.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It is not the Avon which runs by Stratford's storied banks, but still it is the Avon.
  • Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens
  • Could she ever in any way find out about “Storied West Rock”?
  • Extract from : « Miss Ashton's New Pupil » by Mrs. S. S. Robbins
  • It had no storied past, like Panama; and its future depended on—Pacific Mail.
  • Extract from : « Across America » by James F. Rusling
  • As that of Epimenides, who is storied to have slept seventy-five years.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur
  • There in the quiet cemetery will be placed the "storied urn."
  • Extract from : « Australian Heroes and Adventurers » by William Pyke
  • And this is one of the most ancient and storied places of the whole country.
  • Extract from : « A Spring Walk in Provence » by Archibald Marshall
  • The storied window suggests at once practically all that we know of him.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Chartres » by Cecil Headlam
  • The glory of that storied port is buried "full fathom five."
  • Extract from : « The Ingoldsby Country » by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
  • There is hardly a stone of her streets which is not storied.
  • Extract from : « Peeps at Many Lands: Ireland » by Katharine Tynan

Antonyms for storied

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