Apocryphal stories are the most fun variety of bullshit.
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Apocryphal
//əˈpɒkɹɪfəl//
Synonyms for "apocryphal" (127 found)
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
monophysiticmontanistmontanisticnonofficialnonorthodoxopen to questionpantheistpantheisticpelagianpervertedphonypinchbeckpretendedpseudoput onput-onquasiqueersabellianself-styled
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shamshoddysimulatedso calledso-calledsoi-disantspurioussupposititioussynthetictintinseltitivatedtwistedunacceptedunapprovedunattestedunauthenticunauthenticatedunauthoritativeuncanonicaluncertifieduncheckedunconfirmeduncorroboratedundemonstratedungenuineunnaturalunofficialunorthodoxunprovedunrealunscripturalunsounduntrueunvalidatedunverifiedunwarrantedwaldensianwarpedwrongwyclifite
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2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- شاذ adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- ضعيف adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- ضعيف adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- مشكوك في صحته adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
Armenian
1 entries- պարականոն adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
Asturian
1 entries- apócrifu adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- апокри́фен adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- недостове́рен adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- съмни́телен adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
Catalan
1 entries- apòcrif adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 杜撰的 adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Dutch
1 entries- apocrief adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Esperanto
2 entries- apokrifa adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- apokrifa adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Finnish
4 entries- apokryfinen adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- apokryfinen adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- apokryfinen adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- epäilyttävä adj (of doubtful authenticity)
French
1 entries- apocryphe adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Galician
1 entries- apócrifo adj (of doubtful authenticity)
German
1 entries- unecht adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Icelandic
4 entries- af vafasömum uppruna adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- apókrýfur adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- vafasamur adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- vafasamur að uppruna adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Irish
1 entries- apacrafúil adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Italian
1 entries- apocrifo adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Japanese
4 entries- うその adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- うその adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- にせの adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- 典拠が疑わしい adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Manx
3 entries- apocryphoil adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- neuashlishagh adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- neuhickyr adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Polish
4 entries- apokryficzny adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- apokryficzny adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- apokryficzny adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- apokryfowy adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
Portuguese
1 entries- apócrifo adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Russian
4 entries- апокрифи́ческий adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- апокрифический adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- недостове́рный adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
- сомни́тельный adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- apòkrifan adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- апо̀крифан adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Spanish
2 entries- apócrifo adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- apócrifo adj (of doubtful authenticity)
Swedish
3 entries- apokryfisk adj (of or pertaining to Apocrypha)
- apokryfisk adj (of doubtful authenticity)
- tvivelaktig adj (of dubious veracity; urban legend)
Sample sentences
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That story about an apple falling on Newton's head is most probably apocryphal.
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They are apocryphal writings.
Source: tatoeba (5073488)
[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’
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