ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Storied

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈstɔːɹid/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Storied is an adjective meaning Much discussed or written about.

Meaning

Much discussed or written about.

More Meanings

  1. Historical.
  2. simple past and past participle of story
  3. (chiefly US) Having multiple storeys; multistoried.

Example Sentences

Just as the first ray of the rising sun shot like a golden arrow athwart this storied desolation we gained the further gateway of the outer wall[.]
Not long after, the couple caught the attention of S. Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.
Sure, they could have held onto the ball better at times, but they were compact, organised, and hardly gave their storied visitors a sniff from there on in.
Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

Word Forms

Synonyms for storied

Depending on context, synonyms include legendary, glorious, celebrated, historied, high-rise, storeyed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include historied, celebrated, glorious, storeyed, high-rise, rich.

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