fancied

[ fan-seed ]

/ ˈfæn sid /

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adjective

unreal; imaginary: to be upset by fancied grievances.

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Origin of fancied

First recorded in 1560–70; fancy + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM fancied

un·fan·cied, adjective

Words nearby fancied

fanaticize, fanback, fan base, fan belt, fanboy, fancied, fancier, fanciful, fancify, fan club, fancy

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How to use fancied in a sentence

I joined this drama club when I was 16 because I fancied this girl who went to it.
Robert Pattinson’s Life After ‘Twilight’|Andrew Romano|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A part of him had always wanted to be an actor—"Charlton Hepburn," he fancied himself—and now he had gotten his wish.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon|Robert Sam Anson|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man.
Read This Book to Understand Lee Harvey Oswald|Joseph Finder|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I fancied him and we clicked, but neither of us made great efforts to see each other again.
Sugar Daddy Dating Sites: Helen Croydon on Her Guilty Fantasy|Helen Croydon|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

With access to the social network, he found a 17-year-old girl he fancied, drew pictures of her, and sent them to her mother.
Smartphones Are the New Prison Contraband|Carol McKinley|October 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He even fancied that something of challenge flashed from her, though without definite words or gesture.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
No; he saw—he fancied that he saw a brighter way marked out before him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
You fancied, perhaps, I would stand haggling with you all night, and yield at last to your obstinacy.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John Willet.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for fancied

fancied

/ (ˈfænsɪd) /

adjective

imaginary; unreal

thought likely to win or succeeda fancied runner

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