phantasmagoric

adjective

variants or phantasmagorical
Definition of phantasmagoricnext
as in hallucinatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phantasmagoric
  1. hallucinatory
  2. surreal
  3. illusory
  4. imaginary
  5. fictional
  6. fictitious
  7. chimerical
  8. delusive
Adjective
  • In the hallucinatory new scenes, the connection between Lee and Allerton goes to places the earthbound book could never take it.
    Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
  • My insomnia and the strange sky at dawn melded together to create a hallucinatory experience: the lights were moving, disappearing, ebbing, flowing.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of hallucinatory
Adjective
  • KoKo’s Earth Control (1928) Imaginative, sassy, surreal and nonlinear characterize films from the Fleischer Studios, which battled the Walt Disney Co. for animation supremacy during the 1920s and ’30s, with their competing styles delighting audiences and leading to many technical advancements.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Her images are often surreal and focused on symbolism within nature.
    Bakr Muhammad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • Matt Angle, a Texas Democratic operative active in several congressional campaigns and other races dating back more than three decades, said much of the Republican gains in South Texas are illusory.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The Sun in your 1st House of the Self is shying away from illusory Neptune in your 7th House of Interdependence, which can create all sorts of confusion with the important people in your life.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • Then, as the game clock ticked closer to zero, Young dribbled the clock out, blew in his hand and rolled imaginary die on the massive Knicks’ midcourse logo.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The outdoor areas –in addition to providing the energetic kids room to run, play and even pedal tricycles around imaginary tracks — are essential parts of the learning experience and development of motor skills.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of imaginary
Adjective
  • Both my fictional White House staff and the viewing public recognized at the time that this was not President Bartlet’s finest hour.
    Martin Sheen, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The fictional community is said to have a population of about 600 people, but just 120 chairs were purchased for the ceremony, according to Tony Devenyi, the show’s production designer.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of fictional
Adjective
  • Advertisement Now, roughly six months later, prosecutors in Ventura County are alleging Boyer attempted to register various fictitious felines to vote in the months preceding the November election.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, others say Hollywood has become inhospitable to Israelis, even fictitious ones.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of fictitious
Adjective
  • If extensive violations of a federal law made that law go away, the rules would be chimerical.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The contrast is powerful, drawing attention to the chimerical nature of her quest.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of chimerical
Adjective
  • This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.
    Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.
    WSJ, WSJ, 5 July 2022
Definition of delusive
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