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surreal
sur·re·al S0918500 (sə-rē′əl)adj.1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended." (Peter H. King).2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.
[Back-formation from surrealism.]
sur′re·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.sur·re′al·ly adv.surreal (səˈrɪəl) adj (Art Terms) suggestive of surrealism; dreamliken (Art Terms) the surreal the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealismsur•re•al (səˈri əl, -ˈril)
adj. 1. surrealistic. 2. having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic. [1935–40] sur•re′al•ly, adv. sur•re•al′i•ty (-ˈæl ɪ ti) n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | surreal - characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealisticunrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels" | | 2. | surreal - resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"dreamlikeunreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" |
Translationssurreal
Synonyms for surrealadj characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositionsSynonyms- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- surrealistic
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