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Fabled

adj.joyful, thoughtfulliterary

What it means

Made famous and admirable through stories repeated over time.

Reach for it when describing a person, place, or object whose reputation has acquired a storylike aura

The exhibition reunited three instruments from the fabled orchestra.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    famous

    simple widespread recognition is all the sentence can support

    not when Famous is neutral about merit and loses the sense of accumulated lore.

  • everyday

    legendary

    the reputation feels larger than life and widely repeated

    not when Legendary is routinely used as hype and may overstate a merely respected record.

  • warm

    celebrated

    public admiration and praise matter more than old stories

    not when Celebrated can describe current acclaim with no long-established reputation.

  • formal

    renowned

    wide public esteem can be stated without invoking legend

    not when Renowned lacks the narrative aura carried by fabled.

  • literary

    mythic

    the subject has symbolic or almost supernatural stature

    not when Mythic can suggest invention rather than a real achievement.

  • literary

    storied

    a long, eventful history is central to the praise

    not when Storied does not guarantee admiration because the history may include failures.

Said against

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  • unknown
  • obscure
  • unremarked

It naturally appears in

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  • fabled city

    Researchers continued searching for the fabled city described by early travelers.

  • fabled collection

    The museum displayed one vase from the fabled collection.

  • fabled past

    The documentary separated the club's fabled past from its surviving records.

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