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Definitions for Fabled

[1] celebrated in fables: a fabled goddess of the wood.
[2] having no real existence; fictitious: a fabled chest of gold.
[3] 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.
[4] a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.
[5] a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes.
[6] legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable.
[7] an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable.
[8] the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play.
[9] idle talk: old wives' fables.
[10] to tell or write fables.
[11] to speak falsely; lie: to fable about one's past.
[12] to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true: She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king.
[13] made famous in fable
[14] fictitious
[15] a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters
[16] a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie
[17] a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events
[18] legends or myths collectively Related adjective: fabulous
[19] archaic the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem
[20] to relate or tell (fables)
[21] (intr) to speak untruthfully; tell lies
[22] (tr) to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable ghosts are fabled to appear at midnight

Words related to Fabled

storied, mythical, famed, fictional, famous, fabulous, fanciful, unreal, mythological

Words nearby Fabled

fabian society, fabian tactics, fabianism, fabius maximus, fable, fabled, fabliau, fablon, fabre, fabric, fabric softener

Origin of Fabled

1250–1300; Middle English fable, fabel, fabul < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin fābula a story, tale, equivalent to fā(rī ) to speak + -bula suffix of instrument

Words that may be confused with Fabled

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, fablefable, legend, myth, (see, synonym, study, at, legend)

Other words from Fabled

un·fa·bled , adjective
fa·bler , noun
out·fa·ble , verb (used with object), out·fa·bled, out·fa·bling.
un·fa·bling , adjective

Word origin for Fabled

C13: from Latin fābula story, narrative, from fārī to speak, say

Synonyms for Fabled

fabulous, famed, famous, fictional, mythical, storied, fanciful, mythological, unreal