adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

   "hallucinatory drug"

Adjective

1. 1
   characterized by or characteristic of hallucination wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

beguilingcatchyconsciousness-expandingdeceivingdeceptivedelusive

Example

More examples

"The painting had a hallucinatory quality, as if it were shifting."

Etymology

From hallucinate + -ory.

Related phrases

hallucinatory realism

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