Illusory - English meaning

adjective

Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted).

Usage examples:

A bogus insurance claim

verb

Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

Usage examples:

I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was french champagne

verb

Present participle of deceive

Usage examples:

The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones., the sound of the door closing…

adjective

Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

Usage examples:

He put the question with deceptive casualness

adjective

Making you believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

It's deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it's very big.

adjective

Characterized by or holding idiosyncratic beliefs or impressions that are contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.

Usage examples:

Hospitalization for schizophrenia and delusional paranoia

adjective

Giving a false or misleading impression.

Usage examples:

A delusive perception of opportunity for all

adjective

False

Usage examples:

I harboured the delusive hope that he would return my love.

adjective

Another term for delusive.

adjective

Wrong; incorrect.

Usage examples:

Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

adjective

Based on false information and therefore wrong; false

Usage examples:

An erroneous assumption

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

adjective

Based on a mistaken belief.

Usage examples:

Fallacious arguments

adjective

Not correct

Usage examples:

His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

adjective

(of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life.

Usage examples:

I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes

adjective

Of or resembling a hallucination.

Usage examples:

A hallucinatory fantasy

adjective

Relating to or causing hallucinations

Usage examples:

In some patients the drug has been found to have hallucinatory side effects.

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

adjective

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

Usage examples:

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

adjective

Existing only in the imagination.

Usage examples:

Chris had imaginary conversations with her

adjective

Existing only in the mind; not real

Usage examples:

All her worries were imaginary.

adjective

(of something unreal or untrue) believed to exist or be so.

Usage examples:

They suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives

verb

Form a mental image or concept of.

Usage examples:

She imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands

adjective

Giving the wrong idea or impression.

Usage examples:

Your article contains a number of misleading statements

verb

Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression.

Usage examples:

Fans believed they were misled about the reasons for the cancellation

adjective

Causing someone to believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

Misleading information, a misleading story

adjective

Wrong in one's opinion or judgement.

Usage examples:

She wondered whether she'd been mistaken about his intentions

verb

Be wrong about.

Usage examples:

Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

adjective

Something that is non-existent does not exist or is not present in a particular place

Usage examples:

Insurance payment for alternative healthcare is virtually non-existent.

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

adjective

Imaginary or illusory.

Usage examples:

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.