fairytale

fairytale
noun
1. a story about fairies; told to amuse children (Freq. 3)
Syn: ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story
Members of this Topic: ↑Bluebeard
Hypernyms: ↑narrative, ↑narration, ↑story, ↑tale
2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
Hypernyms: ↑fib, ↑story, ↑tale, ↑tarradiddle, ↑taradiddle

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fairˈytale adjective
Beautiful, fortunate, etc, as in a fairy tale
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Main Entry:fairy

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fairytale UK [ˈfeəriˌteɪl] US [ˈferiˌteɪl] adjective
extremely good, beautiful, or happy

a fairytale romance

Thesaurus: beautifulsynonym pleasant, enjoyable and relaxingsynonym

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