hallucinatory
adjective
hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry
hə-ˈlü-sə-nə-ˌtȯr-ē 
-ˈlüs-nə-
1
: tending to produce hallucination
hallucinatory drugs
2
: resembling, involving, or being a hallucination
hallucinatory dreams
a hallucinatory figure
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Set in 1970's Vietnam, the film follows Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) on a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory upriver journey to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who his superiors believe has gone completely mad.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
If the Lubavitcher community had been struck by something on the scale of the Judeans’ loss of the Temple and their enslavement, what are now marginal, hallucinatory visions of the rebbe would almost certainly take on a more declarative, redemptive form.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
There are private planes and limos and cocaine and fireworks and dancing and morning-after IV drips; Baker charges through these scenes in an almost hallucinatory frenzy, sweeping us along the way that Ani herself has been swept along.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
If the Lubavitcher community had been struck by something on the scale of the Judeans’ loss of the Temple and their enslavement, what are now marginal, hallucinatory visions of the rebbe would almost certainly take on a more declarative, redemptive form.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
There are private planes and limos and cocaine and fireworks and dancing and morning-after IV drips; Baker charges through these scenes in an almost hallucinatory frenzy, sweeping us along the way that Ani herself has been swept along.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hallucinatory
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“Hallucinatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallucinatory. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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hallucinatory
adjective
hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry
hə-ˈlü-sə-nə-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
1
: tending to produce hallucinations
2
: resembling, involving, or being a hallucination
Medical Definition
hallucinatory
adjective
hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry
hə-ˈlüs-ᵊn-ə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˈlüs-nə-, -ˌtȯr-
1
: tending to produce hallucinations
hallucinatory drugs
2
: resembling, involving, or being a hallucination
hallucinatory dreams
a hallucinatory figure
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