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phantasmagoric

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions--J.C.Powys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows
  • the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From phantasmagoria + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: фантасмагары́чны (fantasmaharýčny) — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Catalan: fantasmagòric — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Finnish: unenomainen — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Finnish: fantasianomainen — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Finnish: fantasmagorinen — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • French: fantasmagorique — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Italian: fantasmagorico — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Polish: fantasmagoryczny — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Russian: фантасмагори́ческий (fantasmagoríčeskij) — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Spanish: fantasmagórico — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • Ukrainian: фантасмагори́чний (fantasmahorýčnyj) — characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements