- farfetched
- adjExaggerated; fantastic.
Sally told us some farfetched story about having been kidnapped by little green men in a flying saucer.
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Farfetched — Far fetched , a. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. [1913 Webster] Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
farfetched — index suspicious (questionable), unbelievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
farfetched — *forced, labored, strained Analogous words: *fantastic, grotesque, bizarre: eccentric, erratic, *strange, queer Contrasted words: natural, normal (see REGULAR): *spontaneous, impulsive: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
farfetched — {adj.} Exaggerated; fantastic. * /Sally told us some farfetched story about having been kidnapped by little green men in a flying saucer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
farfetched — {adj.} Exaggerated; fantastic. * /Sally told us some farfetched story about having been kidnapped by little green men in a flying saucer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
farfetched — adjective highly imaginative but unlikely a farfetched excuse an implausible explanation • Syn: ↑implausible • Similar to: ↑unlikely • Derivationally related forms: ↑implausibleness … Useful english dictionary
farfetched — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. forced, strained. See improbability.Ant., believable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. improbable, forced, strained; see fantastic 1 , unlikely . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unlikely, doubtful,… … English dictionary for students
farfetched — adj. strained, forced, not connected, unrelated … English contemporary dictionary
recherché — . Farfetched … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
forced — forced, labored, strained, farfetched are comparable when they mean produced or kept up through effort and, therefore, neither natural nor easy nor spontaneous. Forced is the widest in range of application of any of these terms, being referred… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
