Cassandra
noun /kəˈsændrə/
/kəˈsændrə/
- a person who predicts that something bad will happen, especially a person who is not believedMore Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
- /kəˈsɑːndrə/, /kəˈsændrə//kəˈsændrə/(short forms Cassie, Sandra, Sandy)a first name for girls
Word OriginFrom the name of a princess in ancient Greek stories to whom Apollo gave the ability to predict the future. After she tricked him, he stopped people believing her.