hallucinated

verb

Definition of hallucinatednext
past tense of hallucinate
as in saw
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinated
  1. saw
  2. imagined
  3. dreamed
  4. contemplated
  5. fantasized
  6. visualized
Verb
  • The 600-pound statue was stolen in October, sawed off above the feet, and then found by police, according to the AP.
    Annalise Frank, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Gibbs hastily sawed off his leg cast, and was seen some time later taking the long-range shot that painted Pedro’s truck window with brain matter.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of saw
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  • Ball imagined wooing Posen, but instead Posen came onstage afterward and gave Ball a correction.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, over on Middle Earth, Tolkien had already imagined Éowyn, Miranda Otto’s character and a shieldmaiden of Rohan.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of imagined
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  • Wall Street, at one time an enemy crypto dreamed of slaying, has become a crucial ally, adding exponentially to the asset's staying power.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Motivated by Forrest Fenn’s infamous treasure hunt launched back in 2010, Collins-Black dreamed of creating something more personal and accessible.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • However, such a step is contemplated by four countries, for the Taliban’s violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • With both Liv and Nia laid out, Tiffany Stratton pulled out her Money in the Bank briefcase and contemplated a cash-in.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of contemplated
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  • As a form of escapism, Molina fantasized of Aurora as an actress who, in the film, takes on the role of Spider Woman.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Following the runaway success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator in 2000 ($465 million in business at the box office and five Academy Awards, including best picture), the director fantasized for years about making a sequel.
    Elaina Patton, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of fantasized
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  • Miranda collborates with Actias wearing bespoke gloves designed in his Plymouth lab that translate hand gestures into control parameters to constantly change sounds by manipulating qubits, visualized on screen as a sphere.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The characters are visualized by artist Yann Kebbi as raw, flickering drawings overlaid atop the documentary imagery to lead us around the city.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of visualized
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