fairy tale
/ˈfeəri teɪl/noun
उच्चारण फ़ेअरी टेल
परी-कथा, परियों की कहानी
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SSC Exams before 2018
noun
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[C]
a traditional story written for children that usually involves magic and creatures such as fairies, giants and witches
परी-कथा, परियों की कहानी
- Grandmother used to tell us fairy tales at bedtime.
- Cinderella is one of the best-known fairy tales.
- The children listened to a fairy tale about a dragon.
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- She wrote a modern fairy tale for the school magazine.
- Many fairy tales end with the words happily ever after.
Synonyms fairy story folk tale
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[C]
a story that somebody tells that is not true; a lie
मनगढ़ंत कहानी, झूठी बात
- Don't believe his fairy tales about being related to a film star.
- Nobody believed the fairy tale he told his teacher about the missing homework.
- Nobody believed his fairy tale about being late because of an elephant.
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- That excuse is a complete fairy tale.
- The company told a fairy tale about how profits would double.
Synonyms fabrication invention
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[only before noun]
(also fairytale) very happy, beautiful or lucky, like something in a fairy tale
परी-कथा जैसा, सपनों जैसा
- They had a fairy-tale wedding in Udaipur.
- Radhika's fairytale journey from a small village to the top rank inspired everyone.
- The couple had a fairy-tale holiday in Kashmir.
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- It was a fairy-tale ending to a long match.
- Their house stood like a fairy-tale castle on the hill.
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fairy noun