dreamlike

adjective

: like that seen or occurring in a dream

the old castle stood there in all its dreamlike loveliness

: resembling a dream (as in transitoriness or unreal quality)

that fast furious ride across the moor he remembered only as a frightening dreamlike experience

: vague, nebulous, shadowy

night invested the quiet lake with a dreamlike charm

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for dreamlike

• alike
• belike
• birdlike
• catlike
• childlike
• christlike
• deathlike
• dislike
• friedreich
• godlike
• hairlike
• homelike