Dreamlike - English meaning

adjective

(of a mythical animal) formed from parts of various animals.

Usage examples:

The design is based on a chimeric creature with the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon

adjective

Relating to a hope or dream that is extremely unlikely ever to come true

Usage examples:

His self-image as a writer seems chimerical., as if the real world weren't scary enough, chimerical…

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

adjective

Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.

Usage examples:

Her ethereal beauty

adjective

Extremely light and delicate, as if not of this world

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Ethereal music, an ethereal beauty

adjective

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.

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A frightening, ghostly figure with a hood

adjective

Pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost

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A ghostly figure/apparition, a ghostly voice/echo

adjective

Covered by a haze.

Usage examples:

It was a beautiful day but quite hazy

adjective

Not real and based on illusion (= ideas or beliefs that are not true)

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There is never a moment when the audience feels pulled out of the illusionary world., it may be arg…

adjective

Deceptive; illusory.

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An illusive haven

adjective

Based on illusion; not real.

Usage examples:

She knew the safety of her room was illusory

adjective

Not real and based on illusion

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Their hopes of a peaceful solution turned out to be illusory.

adjective

Existing only in the imagination.

Usage examples:

Chris had imaginary conversations with her

adjective

Existing only in the mind; not real

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All her worries were imaginary.

adjective

Characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of franz kafka's fictional world.

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A kafkaesque bureaucratic office

adjective

Extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of franz kafka

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He is caught up in a kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare., the urban landscape is invested with a nig…

adjective

Of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant.

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A nightmarish vision of the future

adjective

Full of different images, like something in a confused dream

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Phantasmagorical images, most striking is the phantasmagorical orchestral music that adams has comp…

adjective

Relating to or denoting drugs (especially lsd) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness.

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Psychedelic drugs

noun

A psychedelic drug.

Usage examples:

Our intuition tells us that using drugs use such as heroin, cocaine, psychedelics, hashish, and eve…

adjective

Causing unusually strong experiences of color, sound, smell, taste, and touch, and other mental effects such as feelings of deep understanding or hallucination (= imagining things that do not exist)

adjective

Having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre.

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A surreal mix of fact and fantasy

adjective

Strange, esp. because of combining items that are never found together in reality

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A surreal landscape/painting

adjective

Imaginary or illusory.

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In the half-light the tiny cottages seemed unreal

adjective

As if imagined; strange and like a dream

Usage examples:

His face was an eerie, unreal color., we just ate and ate, and i was so full it was unreal.

adjective

Having little or no solidity, reality, or factual basis.

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A pretty if unsubstantial cubist composition

adjective

Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.

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Many patients suffer vague symptoms

adjective

Not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt

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She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong., i have only a vague memory of the …