The constant anxiety in which he lived, however chimerical the cause of it might be, was evidently having a serious effect upon his health.
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Chimerical
//kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl//
Synonyms for "chimerical" (81 found)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خُرَافِيّ adj (inherently fantastic)
Catalan
2 entries- quimèric adj (of or pertaining to a chimera)
- quimèric adj (being a figment of the imagination)
Esperanto
3 entries- ĥimera adj (of or pertaining to a chimera)
- ĥimera adj (being a figment of the imagination)
- ĥimera adj (inherently fantastic)
French
2 entries- chimérique adj (of or pertaining to a chimera)
- chimérique adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
German
4 entries- Chimären adj (of or pertaining to a chimera)
- chimärenhaft adj (being a figment of the imagination)
- chimärisch adj (inherently fantastic)
- wunderhaft adj (inherently fantastic)
Irish
1 entries- ciméarach adj (of or pertaining to a chimera)
Italian
1 entries- chimerico adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
Portuguese
1 entries- quimérico adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
Russian
4 entries- химе́рный adj (inherently fantastic)
- химе́рный adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
- химери́ческий adj (being a figment of the imagination)
- химери́чный adj (being a figment of the imagination)
Spanish
1 entries- quimérico adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
Ukrainian
4 entries- химе́рний adj (inherently fantastic)
- химе́рний adj (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)
- химеристий adj (being a figment of the imagination)
- чудернацький adj (inherently fantastic)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
a chimerical goal
Source: wiktionary
"Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese."
Source: wiktionary
With his head bent, and his big feet spread apart, he began explaining his reasons for thinking the abbé’s plan chimerical.
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