sur·re·al (s -r  l)adj. 1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended." (Peter H. King). 2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality. [Back-formation from surrealism.] sur·re al·ly adv. |
surreal [səˈrɪəl]
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) suggestive of surrealism; dreamlike
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the. the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism
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| Adj. | 1. | surreal - characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" unrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels" |
| 2. | surreal - resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" |
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