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SURREAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surreal mean?
• SURREAL (adjective)
The adjective SURREAL has 2 senses:
1. characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
2. resembling a dream
Familiarity information: SURREAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
Synonyms:
phantasmagoric; phantasmagorical; surreal; surrealistic
Context example:
the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
Similar:
unrealistic (not realistic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling a dream
Synonyms:
dreamlike; surreal
Context example:
as irrational and surreal as a dream
Similar:
unreal (not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary)
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