miragenoun [ C ]
uk/mɪˈrɑːʒ/us/mɪˈrɑːʒ/an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist
literary a hope or wish that has no chance of being achieved:
Electoral victory is just a distant mirage.
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Hot & heat
- beat
- boil
- boiling
- burning
- closeness
- dog days
- fug
- heat
- heating
- heatwave
- overheat
- red-hot
- roasting
- sizzling
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sweltering
- thermo-
- torrid
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