Definitions for Cinderella

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Cinderella Cin·der·el·la

Spelling: [sin-duh-rel-uh]

IPA: /ˌsɪn dəˈrɛl ə/

Cinderella is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 648 anagrams from letters in Cinderella (acdeeillnr).

Definitions for Cinderella

noun

1. a heroine of a fairy tale or folk tale who is maltreated by a malevolent stepmother but achieves happiness and marries a prince through the benevolent intervention of a fairy godmother.
2. (italics) the tale itself, the earliest version of which is in Chinese and dates from the 9th century a.d.
3. (italics) a ballet (1945) with musical score by Sergei Prokofiev.
4. a person or thing of merit, undeservedly neglected or forced into a wretched or obscure existence.
5. a person who achieves unexpected or sudden success or recognition, especially after obscurity, neglect, or misery.

Examples for Cinderella

Everyone loves a Cinderella story, and Orange Is the New Black has a prison full of them.

Cinderella brought the trap to her and in it there were three huge rats.

The characters were more like Snow White, or Cinderella, or the Power Puff Girls, and I had to wear a big head with a chinstrap.

Have you ever seen a picture of Cinderella's fairy godmother?

The Master of Ceremonies for the affair was dressed as the Royal Footman from Cinderella, Major Domo.

And if she's Cinderella, can't we have a peep at the fairy godmother?

It was a Cinderella story, being discovered at a sporting event.

In Western schools, students are encouraged to speak their minds after reading stories like “Cinderella.”

"There's no character hin all the world as I hadmires like Cinderella," said Sue.

Peter had opened the garden gate, and Cinderella was walking into the garden.