Standard Lemma guide

hallucinatory

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tɔːr.i/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 L UW1 S AH0 N AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • hallucinatory drug
  • hallucinatory image
  • hallucinatory state
  • hallucinatory vision
  • The painting had a hallucinatory quality, as if it were shifting.
  • High fever sometimes causes hallucinatory visions.
  • The film created a hallucinatory atmosphere with its colors and sounds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

characterized by or characteristic of hallucination - Jean Stafford

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hallucinate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English hallucinatory From hallucinate + -ory.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hallusinatorinen — tending to produce hallucination
  • French: hallucinatoire — tending to produce hallucination
  • German: halluzinatorisch — tending to produce hallucination
  • Irish: siabhránach — tending to produce hallucination
  • Portuguese: alucinatório — tending to produce hallucination
  • Russian: галлюцинато́рный (galljucinatórnyj) — tending to produce hallucination