[
UK
/vˈɛɹɪtəbəl/
]
[ US /ˈvɛɹɪtəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛɹɪtəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
often used as intensifiers
a regular nincompoop
he's a veritable swine
a regular morass of details -
not counterfeit or copied
an unquestionable antique
photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
an authentic signature
a bona fide manuscript
How To Use veritable In A Sentence
- My garden had become a veritable jungle by the time I came back from holiday.
- Birding could produce a veritable spring of teal.
- He can turn the state of lonely self-loathing into a veritable inferno of seething threats, fans, mockers, competitors.
- Once Bob would have been a veritable fund of info about goings-on around the club.
- The two men followed as the warden led them through a veritable maze of stone passages and metal walkways.
- On those occasions the CHAzn presents a veritable concert of liturgical selections, often with a choir to assist him.
- What with ripened berries, snails, slugs and insects, there was a veritable feast on offer.
- Blogs are full of opposing views on presses -- what has been perfect for one reloader is a veritable piece of junk to another ... I Love Hornady!
- Even this small house was a veritable palace compared to his tent.
- If diving for wrecks turns you on, Bermuda is a veritable treasure trove of maritime disaster, with a wreck collection including 16th century Spanish galleons, warships and a luxury transatlantic liner.