dreaminess

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Recent Examples of dreaminess The loneliness is accentuated by the jittery, dreaminess of his club beats for the headphones that make even the goofiest songs seem personal. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 At a party one night, struggling musician Owen strikes a connection with a young woman (Sadie Soverall) that feels downright magical — she’s even dressed as a fairy, emphasizing the dreaminess of the moment. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 Advertisement Michael, at his peak, offered us a cosmopolitan dreaminess that feels too remote in today’s hyper-fractured world. — Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026 There’s an intoxicating dreaminess to the imagery that recalls the early films, but with a sharper focus on the menace Collins has always infused in her work. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2026 There’s a timeless feeling of childhood in the unstructured fluidity of their day, teetering on the border of dreaminess and boredom, its possibilities both expanded and limited by the boys’ imagination. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026 The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset. — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025 The scenes depicting Hermit’s and Wendy’s memories resemble David Lynch’s dreaminess, with a haze that makes flashbacks feel more like fantasies. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreaminess
Noun
  • Director Lance Oppenheim, who makes his narrative feature debut with the A24 release, really spoke to the surreality of it all while speaking at the film’s festival press conference.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Last November, Levy spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the influence that Star Wars had on his work and the surreality of now making one of these movies himself.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Forty-five films are selected for the fiction shortlist including Cannes 2026 Palme d’Or winner Fjord, Venice Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown and awards season frontrunners such as La Bola Negra and Coward.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Professor Dixon’s emails were just like his fiction writing—intimate and full of quotidian details.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Bag designs were more polarized, with oversize silhouettes and revivals of heritage styles juxtaposed to fantasy minaudière designs, sculptural clutches and embellished mini bags displaying brands’ craftsmanship and doubling as objects of art.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … LIZ PEEK — Two troubled Senate races could spoil Democrats' blue-wave fantasy.
    — , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Subverting the unassuming realism of the city with the twisted unreality of this level design not only heightens the uncanny factor but also unlocks more design creativity.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.
    — Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026

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“Dreaminess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreaminess. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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