colorful story
1
3.6
- noun
- /ˈkʌlərfəl ˈstɔri/
- US
:
historia colorida
- Vapnyar's vivid and colorful story about her childhood captured everyone's attention at the book club.
- tell colorful stories
Examples
-
At the party, he entertained us with a colorful story of his travels through exotic places.
-
Most interesting are the vivid and colorful story-dreams, but I've not dreamed many of those since I was a teenager.
Blog text (24) -
Most societies that haven't gotten around to writing, and a good many that have, teach their children by telling them colorful stories, and then teach their adolescents a good deal more by explaining to them what the stories they learned and loved as children actually mean.
Blog text (12) -
Diego Bonifaz shares the colorful story of his life, which brought him full circle from Ecuador to France, the USA, then back to the hacienda.
Blog text (16) -
The documentary included a colorful story about the vibrant traditions of the local community.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
336
3.9
A story that describes connected events
1
3.5
Something told or written in a way that grabs and keeps your attention
A clear, colorful description in words that makes you imagine the scene
Antonyms
How Vivid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a vivid, lively narrative' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'colorful' (vivid, striking) with 'story' (a narrative); the adjective straightforwardly modifies the noun. This compositional adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Colorful story comes from imagining a story painted in bright colors, where the teller adds bright, memorable details that make the scene easy to picture. That's why it means 'a lively, interesting tale that is easy to imagine'.