surreal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
    phantasmagorical; phantasmagoric; surrealistic.
    • a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys
    • the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
  2. adjective satellite resembling a dream
    dreamlike.
    • night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality
    • as irrational and surreal as a dream

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