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单词 veracious
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Definition of veracious in English:

veracious

adjective vəˈreɪʃəsvəˈreɪʃəs
formal
  • Speaking or representing the truth.

    〈正式〉讲实话的,诚实的;真实的

    a veracious account
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is such a rarity to discover an album that is held together by songs of veracious beauty.
    • I was all alone until I met Aya, a young, veracious girl, when I was eight.
    • I am completely convinced that not everyone is capable of presenting Don Juan on the stage as the veracious lover type of figure.
    • It is disheartening for a veracious researcher to debunk this Caspian megalomania.
    • America's veracious demand is a particularly important factor in these growing global-scale problems.
    Synonyms
    true, accurate, veritable, correct, errorless, unerring, exact, precise, factual, literal, realistic, authentic, faithful, close, strict, just, unelaborated, unvarnished
    truthful, honest, sincere, frank, candid, honourable, reputable, trustworthy, trusty, reliable, dependable, scrupulous, upright, upstanding, ethical, moral, righteous, virtuous, decent, good
    informal on the nail, spot on, as true as I'm sitting/standing here

Derivatives

  • veraciously

  • adverb
    formal
    • According to the calculations of the groundhog, veraciously reported yesterday, we are to have forty days of wintry weather, counting from Sunday.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After the Promise is one of the most veraciously sentimental films of its period.
      • Its presence is veraciously awe-inspiring and still a bit surreal.
  • veraciousness

  • noun
    formal
    • Your life experience has really given you the ability to speak with veraciousness and frankness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She has such a negative view on the veraciousness of the subject.
      • This talk will be about the veraciousness of sources.
      • Belief and veraciousness will keep our love in happiness forever!

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin verax, verac- (from verus 'true') + -ious.

Rhymes

Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious

Definition of veracious in US English:

veracious

adjectivevəˈreɪʃəsvəˈrāSHəs
formal
  • Speaking or representing the truth.

    〈正式〉讲实话的,诚实的;真实的

    a veracious account
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am completely convinced that not everyone is capable of presenting Don Juan on the stage as the veracious lover type of figure.
    • It is disheartening for a veracious researcher to debunk this Caspian megalomania.
    • It is such a rarity to discover an album that is held together by songs of veracious beauty.
    • America's veracious demand is a particularly important factor in these growing global-scale problems.
    • I was all alone until I met Aya, a young, veracious girl, when I was eight.
    Synonyms
    true, accurate, veritable, correct, errorless, unerring, exact, precise, factual, literal, realistic, authentic, faithful, close, strict, just, unelaborated, unvarnished

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin verax, verac- (from verus ‘true’) + -ious.

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