fancied

[fan-seed]

adjective

1. unreal; imaginary.

   to be upset by fancied grievances.

fancied

/ ˈfænsɪd /

adjective

1. imaginary; unreal

2. thought likely to win or succeed

   a fancied runner

Other Word Forms

• unfancied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fancied¹

First recorded in 1560–70; fancy + -ed ²

Example Sentences

"They were perhaps hunting like leopards -- dropping out of trees on any unsuspecting thing they fancied for dinner."

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Co-author Prof Michael Archer said "drop crocs" were a "bizarre idea" but some were "perhaps hunting like leopards - dropping out of trees on any unsuspecting thing they fancied for dinner".

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American Ilia Malinin, two-time reigning world champion and defending Skate Canada champion, is fancied in the men's event after a victory in France.

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"We all wanted to look like Audrey Hepburn," she later told her biographer, "but I wasn't attractive and nobody fancied me."

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Her husband Jacob was worried she no longer fancied him.

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