The feelings of "love at first sight" and "faithful unto death" are unrealistic; this sort of unrealistic and illusory feeling is not what we need.
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Illusory
//ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː//
Synonyms for "illusory" (144 found)
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Related words (72)
gnominiousgossamerygroundlesshallucinatoryhereticalheterodoxidealillogicalillusionalillusionaryimaginaryimaginationalimaginedimmaterialinsubstantialmerely nominalmisleadingmistakennonexistentnot real
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4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- илюзорен adj (resulting from an illusion)
- нереален adj (resulting from an illusion)
Catalan
1 entries- il·lusori adj (resulting from an illusion)
Chinese
1 entries- 虛幻 /虚幻 adj (resulting from an illusion)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 虛幻 /虚幻 adj (resulting from an illusion)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 虛幻 /虚幻 adj (resulting from an illusion)
Czech
1 entries- iluzorní adj (resulting from an illusion)
Finnish
2 entries- harhainen adj (resulting from an illusion)
- mielikuvituksellinen adj (resulting from an illusion)
French
1 entries- illusoire adj (resulting from an illusion)
Galician
1 entries- ilusorio adj (resulting from an illusion)
Georgian
1 entries- ილუზორული adj (resulting from an illusion)
German
3 entries- illusionär adj (resulting from an illusion)
- illusorisch adj (resulting from an illusion)
- wirklichkeitsfremd adj (resulting from an illusion)
Greek
1 entries- απατηλός adj (resulting from an illusion)
Hebrew
1 entries- תַּעְתְּעָנִי adj (resulting from an illusion)
Italian
1 entries- illusorio adj (resulting from an illusion)
Latin
1 entries- illusorius adj (resulting from an illusion)
Maltese
1 entries- illużorju adj (resulting from an illusion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- illusorisk adj (resulting from an illusion)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- illusorisk adj (resulting from an illusion)
Polish
1 entries- iluzoryczny adj (resulting from an illusion)
Portuguese
1 entries- ilusório adj (resulting from an illusion)
Romanian
1 entries- iluzoriu adj (resulting from an illusion)
Russian
1 entries- иллюзо́рный adj (resulting from an illusion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȉluzōran adj (resulting from an illusion)
- и̏лузо̄ран adj (resulting from an illusion)
Spanish
1 entries- ilusorio adj (resulting from an illusion)
Swedish
2 entries- illusorisk adj (resulting from an illusion)
- skenbar adj (resulting from an illusion)
Yiddish
1 entries- אילוזאָריש adj (resulting from an illusion)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
May I awaken within the dream and grasp the fact that I am dreaming so that all dream-like beings may likewise awaken from the nightmare of illusory suffering and confusion.
Source: tatoeba (2495447)
Robert Louis Stevenson warns us that "to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive," beautifully portraying the emptiness and illusory character of achievement.
Source: tatoeba (8327851)
Human life is like a pendulum that oscillates incessantly between boredom and pain, with fleeting and above all illusory intervals of pleasure and joy.
Source: tatoeba (10325941)
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