Definition of 'dreamlike'

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dreamlike

(driːmlaɪk )

adjective

If you describe something as dreamlike, you mean it seems strange and unreal.

Her paintings have a naive, dreamlike quality.

Synonyms: unreal, visionary, surreal, illusory More Synonyms of dreamlike

Example sentences containing 'dreamlike'

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There is something dreamlike about the mood of the nation. Times, Sunday Times (2008)For this is something both dreamlike and forensic. Times, Sunday Times (2011)The film had a kind of a dreamlike quality. Times, Sunday Times (2009)It reminds me of a lot of old folk songs but it has a dreamlike quality. The Sun (2008)And there is a dreamlike quality to her account of her meetings with lawyers and police officers that seems convincing. The Times Literary Supplement (2010)It had a dreamlike quality. Times, Sunday Times (2006)While the play was confined to a single set and had a dreamlike quality, the film anchored the characters in a real world. Times, Sunday Times (2011)As he mulled it over in memory, the entire day turned strange and dreamlike, yet menacing at the same time. Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)

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Used Occasionally. dreamlike is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of dreamlike from the Collins English Dictionary

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