Fable

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue 1.2 a story not founded on fact 1.3 a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend 1.4 legends or myths collectively 1.5 an untruth; falsehood 1.6 the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play. 1.7 idle talk 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to tell or write fables. 2.2 to speak falsely; lie 3 Verb (used with object) 3.1 to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true 4 Antonyms 4.1 noun 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun

Noun

a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue

the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.

a story not founded on fact

This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.

a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend

the fables of gods and heroes.

legends or myths collectively

the heroes of Greek fable.

an untruth; falsehood

This boast of a cure is a medical fable.

the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play.

idle talk

old wives' fables.

Verb (used without object)

to tell or write fables.

to speak falsely; lie

to fable about one's past.

Verb (used with object)

to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true

She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king.

Antonyms

noun

truth

Synonyms

noun

allegory , apologue , bestiary , bunk * , crock * , fabrication , fairy story , fairy tale , falsehood , fantasy , fib , fiction , figment , fish story * , hogwash * , invention , legend , lie , myth , old chestnut , old saw , one for the birds , parable , romance , tale , tall story , untruth , white lie * , whopper * , yarnnotes:a fable is a short instructional tale , while a fairytale (or fairy tale) is told as amusement , story , anecdote , apologue (moral fable) , concoction , exemplum , narrative