Adjectives that collocate with TALE (Sorted by collocation rank)
rambling (73), mysterious (69), epic (63), old wives' (62), sad (57), tall (55), cautionary (53), humorous (53), macabre (47), extraordinary (46), amazing (45), strange (45), spooky (43), magical (43), romantic (42), chilling (40), heroic (39), traditional (39), lurid (38), long (38), incredible (38), horror (38), tawdry (38), curious (37), bizarre (37), sorry (37), fantastic (35), morality (32), moral (30), rags-to-riches (29), marvellous (28), gruesome (26), folk (26), fanciful (26), childhood (25), hair-raising (24), fairy (24), funny (19), unlikely (17), dire (15), awful (14), foolish (14), far-fetched (12), spicy (4),
Adjectives that collocate with TALE (Sorted by alphabetical order)
amazing (45), awful (14), bizarre (37), cautionary (53), curious (37), childhood (25), chilling (40), dire (15), epic (63), extraordinary (46), fairy (24), fanciful (26), fantastic (35), far-fetched (12), folk (26), foolish (14), funny (19), gruesome (26), hair-raising (24), heroic (39), horror (38), humorous (53), incredible (38), long (38), lurid (38), macabre (47), magical (43), marvellous (28), moral (30), morality (32), mysterious (69), old wives' (62), rags-to-riches (29), rambling (73), romantic (42), sad (57), sorry (37), spicy (4), spooky (43), strange (45), tall (55), tawdry (38), traditional (39), unlikely (17),
Last edited April 17, 2012
