as in seeing
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinating
This film took us on an unexpected journey through the hallucinating world of the rave dancers in the desert of Morocco, with the specificity of a journalist, and with all the sensual power of a filmmaker.
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In fact, his own uncle once pulled out a gun at a grocery store while hallucinating.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Represented by the powerhouse Wigdor firm, Metro’s lawyers allege that LeMaistre came up with the idea to sue the producer while hallucinating on ayahuasca.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Tiktok Benadryl Overdose Challenge Harms 13-year-old Last week, when her daughter began hallucinating, her mother noticed pills under her pillow.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The anonymous teen's mother, who did not release her daughter's name for privacy, told local outlet WMBF News that her daughter began hallucinating last week and her heart rate reached nearly 200 beats per minute.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
One hiker was hallucinating about a bridge that did not exist, Forest Ranger Russell Martin told Fox News Digital.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Family members told police Brown had been hallucinating and hearing voices, WCSH reported.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
The company’s tests show that GPT-5 exhibits a much lower risk of hallucinating inaccurate information compared with OpenAI’s early models.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In fact, his own uncle once pulled out a gun at a grocery store while hallucinating.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Represented by the powerhouse Wigdor firm, Metro’s lawyers allege that LeMaistre came up with the idea to sue the producer while hallucinating on ayahuasca.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Tiktok Benadryl Overdose Challenge Harms 13-year-old Last week, when her daughter began hallucinating, her mother noticed pills under her pillow.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The anonymous teen's mother, who did not release her daughter's name for privacy, told local outlet WMBF News that her daughter began hallucinating last week and her heart rate reached nearly 200 beats per minute.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
One hiker was hallucinating about a bridge that did not exist, Forest Ranger Russell Martin told Fox News Digital.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Family members told police Brown had been hallucinating and hearing voices, WCSH reported.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
The company’s tests show that GPT-5 exhibits a much lower risk of hallucinating inaccurate information compared with OpenAI’s early models.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinating
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In his eight wins, all eight have come inside the distance, with only two fights seeing a second round.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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That means Southerners dreaming of a vacation at sea no longer need to tack on a trip to Florida or New Orleans to set sail.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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All of this left many of them dreaming of being a stay-at-home wife supported and protected by a rich and masculine man.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the old flivver was ticking along, reminding Drew of happy hours—leaning on opposing fenders under its hood with Lloyd, contemplating the Dart’s latest ailment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Again, no more than one or two managers in every league should be contemplating late-season schedules and playoff matchups.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls fantasizing at a lunch table, more than 15 years ago, about a computer model of a cell so detailed, so complete, that scientists could watch such processes happening.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Luis hangs a poster of his favorite movie star, Ingrid, and spends his time fantasizing about Ingrid as Aurora.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Forest owner has been pondering his options That is not unusual — the Greek shipping magnate always likes to have a plan B in place.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That’s 16 days of public silence and private plotting — 16 days of preparing for a case management conference and pondering motions and strategizing for the discovery process and delving into every facet of this year-long case that has no end in sight.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.—
Ryan Kennedy,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Hallucinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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