Fabulous - English meaning

adjective

Constituting or containing allegory.

Usage examples:

An allegorical painting

adjective

Causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.

Usage examples:

An amazing number of people registered

verb

Surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment.

Usage examples:

She amazed doctors by fighting back when her deteriorating condition caused her to suffer heart fai…

adjective

Making someone feel extremely surprised

Usage examples:

It’s pretty amazing how much top athletes get paid.

adjective

(of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

Usage examples:

His alleged description of opera as ‘fat gits singing’ is probably apocryphal

adjective

An apocryphal story is probably not true although it is often told and believed by some people to have happened

Usage examples:

An apocryphal story, it's a good story but i dare say it's apocryphal.

adjective

Extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.

Usage examples:

An astonishing achievement

verb

Surprise or impress (someone) greatly.

Usage examples:

You never fail to astonish me

adjective

Surprisingly impressive or notable.

Usage examples:

The summit offers astounding views

verb

Shock or greatly surprise.

Usage examples:

Her bluntness astounded him

adjective

Very surprising or shocking

Usage examples:

An astounding fact/decision/revelation, an astounding (= very great) victory/achievement/success

adjective

Astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.

Usage examples:

The scene was one of breathtaking beauty

adjective

Extremely good, beautiful, or exciting

Usage examples:

The violin solo was breathtaking., breathtakingly beautiful scenery

adjective

Unusual; not typical.

Usage examples:

Late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances

noun

An item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

Usage examples:

This drop in operating profit caused pre-tax profit before accounting for exceptionals to fall from…

adjective

Not like most others of the same type; unusual

Usage examples:

This is an exceptional contract, guaranteeing no layoffs., davis has done an exceptional job of rep…

adjective

Very unusual or remarkable.

Usage examples:

The extraordinary plumage of the male

noun

An item in a company's accounts not arising from its normal activities.

Usage examples:

Of the total "army extraordinaries" of £315,917 submitted to the house of commons on february 6, 17…

adjective

Very unusual and special; different in type or greater in degree than the usual or ordinary

Usage examples:

Being chairman gave him an extraordinary sense of power., she was an extraordinary woman, and no on…

adjective

Famous, especially by reputation.

Usage examples:

A fabled art collection

verb

Tell fictitious tales.

Usage examples:

I do not dream nor fable

adjective

Famous, esp. because of having been frequently written about

Usage examples:

Atlantis, plato's fabled lost continent under the sea

noun

A traditional story, usually written for children, which often involves imaginary creatures and magic

adjective

Extraordinarily good or attractive.

Usage examples:

They did a fantastic job

adjective

Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Usage examples:

Reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

adjective

Invented and not true or existing; false

Usage examples:

He registered at the hotel under a fictitious name.

adjective

Not real

Usage examples:

Executives invented fictitious sales to justify amounts transferred offshore., many of the internet…

adjective

Having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; admirably brave or determined.

Usage examples:

Heroic deeds

noun

Behaviour or talk that is bold or dramatic.

Usage examples:

The england star is getting special treatment because of his world cup heroics

adjective

Having qualities appropriate for brave figures

adjective

Based on or serving as a hypothesis.

Usage examples:

Let us take a hypothetical case

noun

A hypothetical proposition or statement.

Usage examples:

Officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals

adjective

Of or based on a hypothesis

Usage examples:

He dismissed the questions as purely hypothetical., any electronic voting system is hypothetically …

adjective

Existing only in the imagination.

Usage examples:

Chris had imaginary conversations with her

adjective

Existing only in the mind; not real

Usage examples:

All her worries were imaginary.

adjective

(of something unreal or untrue) believed to exist or be so.

Usage examples:

They suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives

verb

Form a mental image or concept of.

Usage examples:

She imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands

adjective

Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

Usage examples:

They behaved with inconceivable cruelty

adjective

Described in or based on legends.

Usage examples:

A legendary british king of the 4th century

adjective

Mythical.

Usage examples:

Mythic creatures

adjective

Existing only in myths (= ancient stories) or other traditional stories, or relating or similar to such stories

Usage examples:

Mythic creatures such as unicorns, mermaids, and dragons are regularly found in children's stories.…

adjective

Occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales.

Usage examples:

One of denmark's greatest mythical heroes

adjective

Mythical also means imaginary or not real

Usage examples:

I’d like to see that mythical girlfriend he’s always talking about.

adjective

Relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology.

Usage examples:

The tree of life is one of the oldest of all mythological symbols

adjective

Very great in amount.

Usage examples:

His party won overwhelming support

verb

Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water.

Usage examples:

Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses

adjective

Remarkable or exceptional, especially exceptionally good.

Usage examples:

The town expanded at a phenomenal rate

adjective

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Usage examples:

The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel

adjective

Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

Usage examples:

Americans are the world’s most prodigious consumers., a prodigiously gifted artist

adjective

(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom.

Usage examples:

I'm going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb

noun

Used to stand for a word or phrase that is normally part of a proverb or idiom but is not actually uttered.

Usage examples:

One word out of line, and the proverbial hits the fan

adjective

(of a statement) commonly known, esp. because it is from a proverb or saying known by many people, or because it expresses a truth known by a particular group of people

Usage examples:

Yelling at me was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.

adjective

Worthy of attention; striking.

Usage examples:

A remarkable coincidence

adjective

Unusual and surprising

Usage examples:

He’s a remarkable young man., they were remarkably calm after the crash.

adjective

Deeply shocking; astonishing.

Usage examples:

The staggering bills for maintenance and repair

verb

Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage examples:

He staggered to his feet, swaying a little

adjective

Extremely impressive.

Usage examples:

The most stupendous views

adjective

Very great in amount or size

Usage examples:

He ran up stupendous debts.

prefix

Variant spelling of syn- assimilated before b, m, p (as in symbiosis, symmetry, symphysis ).

adjective

Existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.

Usage examples:

The traditional festivities of the church year

adjective

Following or belonging to the ways of behaving or beliefs that have been established for a long time

Usage examples:

The traditional two-parent family, traditional southern cooking, the traditional politeness of japa…

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

adjective

Imaginary or illusory.

Usage examples:

In the half-light the tiny cottages seemed unreal

adjective

As if imagined; strange and like a dream

Usage examples:

His face was an eerie, unreal color., we just ate and ate, and i was so full it was unreal.

adjective

(of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.

Usage examples:

It was unthinkable that john could be dead

adjective

Too shocking or unlikely to be imagined as possible

Usage examples:

A world without music would be unthinkable., the president’s car did the unthinkable – it stopped a…