Fanciful Meaning in English

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التعريف

Fanciful describes ideas, stories, or designs that are imaginative, unrealistic, or based on fantasy rather than reality.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Fanciful' is usually positive when describing creativity (like art or stories), but can be negative if it means unrealistic or impractical. Common collocations: 'fanciful story', 'fanciful idea', 'fanciful design'. Do not confuse with 'fancy' (elegant or liking something) or 'fantastic' (excellent).

• Spanish: fantasioso - imaginativo
• Portuguese (BR): fantasioso - imaginativo
• Portuguese (PT): fantasioso - imaginativo
• Chinese (Simplified): 异想天开 - 富于幻想
• Chinese (Traditional): 異想天開 - 富於幻想
• Hindi: कल्पनाप्रधान - काल्पनिक
• Arabic: خيالي - مبتكر
• Bengali: কল্পনাপ্রবণ - কল্পনাময়
• Russian: выдуманный - фантастический
• Japanese: 空想的な - 想像力豊かな
• Vietnamese: tưởng tượng - huyền ảo
• Korean: 상상력이 풍부한 - 공상적인
• Turkish: hayalperest - hayal ürünü
• Urdu: خیالی - تصوراتی
• Indonesian: khayalan - imajinatif

جمل نموذجية

The children told a fanciful story about dragons and magic.

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She drew a fanciful picture of a flying car.

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That is a very fanciful idea for a birthday party.

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His explanation sounded a bit too fanciful to be true.

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The movie is full of fanciful costumes and dreamlike scenes.

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I love reading fanciful fairy tales before bed.

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