Far-fetched
11far-fetched — adjective Date: 1548 1. brought from a remote time or place 2. not easily or naturally deduced or introduced ; improbable < a far fetched story > • farfetchedness noun …
12far-fetched — adjective Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical. it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them [...] …
13far-fetched — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ The whole story …
14far-fetched — adjective extremely unlikely to be true or to happen: His explanation sounds pretty far fetched to me …
15far-fetched — adjective a far fetched story about alien abduction Syn: improbable, unlikely, implausible, unconvincing, dubious, doubtful, incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable; contrived, fanciful, unrealistic, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous; informal hard… …
16far-fetched — /ˈfa fɛtʃt / (say fah fecht) adjective remotely connected; forced; strained: *it seemed a far fetched hypothesis to assume deliberate human action. –erle cox, 1925 …
17far-fetched — see far fetched and dear bought is good for ladies …
18far-fetched and dear-bought is good for ladies — Expensive or exotic articles are suitable for women. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 7 Ferre ifet and dere i bowght is goode for ladys. 1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 18 Pallas..is..hard to be found, but easy to be intreated, to be farre fetchte & deare… …
19far-fetched — adj improbable, implausible, unlikely, remote; unbelievable, incredible, doubtful, Inf. hard to swallow, Inf. fishy, Sl. smelly; strained, labored, remotely connected, forced, unnatural, artificial, affected, Inf. hokey, unheard of, Inf. far out …
20far-fetched — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense: antic, bizarre, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque. See TRUE, USUAL …
