as in surreal
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hallucinatory
Some of the poet’s most hallucinatory imagery seeps through the corners of the screen.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
The resulting feature is enigmatic and lightly campy, strange and hallucinatory, taking place in a liminal futuristic city that’s clogged with thick mist and terrorized by a violent serial killer named Leather Man.
—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
The viewer and characters never quite know what’s transpiring as Lang expertly guides the plot with hallucinatory shots of the crime, a mirror motif, and a journalist-versus-police race to find the culprit.
—
Air Mail,
16 May 2026
This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hallucinatory
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
The resulting feature is enigmatic and lightly campy, strange and hallucinatory, taking place in a liminal futuristic city that’s clogged with thick mist and terrorized by a violent serial killer named Leather Man.
—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
The viewer and characters never quite know what’s transpiring as Lang expertly guides the plot with hallucinatory shots of the crime, a mirror motif, and a journalist-versus-police race to find the culprit.
—
Air Mail,
16 May 2026
This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hallucinatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinatory
Adjective
-
Dumont, whose professional background is in owning and operating casinos, is gambling that his franchise can use a 34-year-old guard who is coming off another major injury whose forte is surreal quickness and dribble-drive penetration as the primary complement to Cooper Flagg.
-
Grief mangles cognition and memory in ways that can make even banal tasks feel surreal, if not impossible.
Adjective
-
Over the course of one phantasmagoric evening, Robin witnesses events that prefigure the Revolutionary War.
-
Right around that time, the Venice Film Festival saw Mamoru Hosoda’s anime epic Scarlet, in which the Danish prince became an ass-kicking Danish princess consigned to a hellish and phantasmagoric underworld.
Adjective
-
Conversations need grounding as intuitive Moon in your 3rd House of Communication opposes illusory Neptune in your 9th House of Travel and Learning, so facts and visions compete.
-
That is, real, not merely illusory, measures, so that the allure to breach peace for imagined gains is overshadowed.
Adjective
-
This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.
-
To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.
Adjective
-
In an age of visual and underground detection, why am I delayed at a traffic signal waiting for an imaginary vehicle to enter the intersection?
-
This was long before the days of mo-cap or green screens, and acting with imaginary scene partners was far from the norm.
Adjective
-
In an interview with NPR, Wolff said neighbors, family, and teachers all agreed that Saldaño was sometimes delusional and unable to understand such simple directions as how to cross the street without being hit by a car.
-
And 15 percent reported that their patients developed delusional thinking associated with the AI use.
Adjective
-
The book traces the fictitious Yeoman family’s evolution over generations from self-sufficient homesteaders to participants in global markets.
-
Hosting its usual presentation at its headquarters, located a stone’s throw from San Babila square, the brand installed video walls that broadcast a fictitious runway show created with the help of AI.
Adjective
-
While the heroine in this novel is fictional, readers will be drawn to this mystery set during WWII about codebreaking, and a Nazi threat on American soil.
-
Cue a whole host of dodgy deals and shady string-pulling, not to mention an extramarital affair, as the entirely fictional — but no doubt true to life — character abandons any sense of morality.
Cite this Entry
“Hallucinatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinatory. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
