noun
- mixtures of various ingredients, especially drinks or medicines prepared by combining different substances
- elaborate or fanciful stories or explanations that are invented or fabricated
Usage: often implies something made up or exaggerated
Examples
- The witch stirred her mysterious concoctions in large cauldrons.
- His grandmother’s herbal concoctions always seemed to cure his cold.
- The bartender was famous for his creative cocktail concoctions.
- She dismissed his excuses as elaborate concoctions designed to avoid responsibility.
- The chemistry lab was filled with bubbling concoctions of various colors.
- The chef’s unusual flavor concoctions surprised and delighted the customers.
- His stories about his adventures were obvious concoctions meant to impress his friends.