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surreal

adjective

Resembling a dream

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
S
Ends with
L
Contains
UR
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
C1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

səˈɹiː(.ə)l

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Resembling a dream

    “Night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality”

adjective

  1. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

    “{'source': 'J.C.Powys', 'text': 'a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows'}”

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Example Sentences

Night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality
As irrational and surreal as a dream
{'source': 'J.C.Powys', 'text': 'a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows'}
The incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature

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