English words for 'Containing or abounding in anecdotes.'
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- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
adj
noun
- A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
- The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
- That which is narrated.
- (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
noun
- An account of real or fictional events.
- A lie, fiction.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
- (chiefly US, Philippines) Alternative spelling of storey.
- A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
- (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
- (computing) Ellipsis of user story.
- a trivial lie
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- a short account of the news
- a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
intj
verb
verb
noun
noun
- (often followed by "story") A specific instance of such a story.
- (journalism, idiomatic, often uncountable) A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
- (by extension) A similar example in other media of a filler story.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bus, plunge. An instance of a bus falling from an elevated place.
noun
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- a story about fairies; told to amuse children
- A story presented as true that is not believable.
- A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
- A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few.
- (uncountable) The literary genre of these stories.
noun
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
- An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.
- A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.
- An excessively complex set of instructions.
adj
- Narrated; told.
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Being a relative of.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
verb
adj
- (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
- (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.
- (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
- (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
- lofty in style
- great in vertical dimension; high in stature
- too improbable to admit of belief
- having a specified height
- impressively difficult
noun
noun
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
adj
- Sole, only.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
noun
- (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
- (nautical) Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
- (uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
verb
noun
- The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
- That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
noun
- A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- (law) A legal fiction.
- a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- a deliberately false or improbable account
noun
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
noun
adv
noun
adj
intj
verb
noun
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
noun
- An account of real or fictional events.
- A lie, fiction.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
- (chiefly US, Philippines) Alternative spelling of storey.
- A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
- (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
- (computing) Ellipsis of user story.
- a trivial lie
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- a short account of the news
- a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
intj
verb
noun
- (often followed by "story") A specific instance of such a story.
- (journalism, idiomatic, often uncountable) A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
- (by extension) A similar example in other media of a filler story.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bus, plunge. An instance of a bus falling from an elevated place.
noun
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- a story about fairies; told to amuse children
- A story presented as true that is not believable.
- A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
- A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few.
- (uncountable) The literary genre of these stories.
noun
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
- An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.
- A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.
- An excessively complex set of instructions.
noun
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
adj
- Sole, only.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
noun
- (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
- (nautical) Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
- (uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
verb
noun
- The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
- That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
noun
- A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- (law) A legal fiction.
- a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- a deliberately false or improbable account
noun
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
- The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
- That which is narrated.
- (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
adj
- Narrated; told.
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Being a relative of.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
verb
adj
- (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
- (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.
- (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
- (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
- lofty in style
- great in vertical dimension; high in stature
- too improbable to admit of belief
- having a specified height
- impressively difficult