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dreamlike

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adj.1.resembling a dream; vague or fantastic; as, night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality.
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Adj.1.dreamlike - resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"
surreal
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"
dreamlike
Translations
dreamlike [ˈdriːmlaɪk] ADJ → de ensueño, como de sueño
dreamlike [ˈdriːmlaɪk] adj [quality, image, atmosphere] → onirique; [state] → semi-conscient(e)
dreamlike
adj → traumähnlich; music → traumhaft; dreamlike quality → Verträumtheit f
dreamlike [ˈdriːmlaɪk] adj → irreale
dreamlike [ˈdriːmlaɪk] adj → irreale


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Only at rare moments of exaltation or despair do we hear the lyrical cry rising above the monotone of dreamlike content.
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It was a distinct yet distant and dreamlike symphony of melodious instruments, as if an airy band had been hidden on the hillside and made faint music at the summons.
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It was a dreamlike state combined with a dreamlike sense of insecurity.
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