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    surreal

    surreal - Dictionary definition and meaning for word surreal

    Definition
    (adj) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
    Example Sentence
    • a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows
    • the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
    Definition
    (adj) resembling a dream
    Synonyms : dreamlike
    Example Sentence
    • night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality
    • as irrational and surreal as a dream
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for surreal

SURpassing the REAL, so it is out of ordinary

A dream is like a movie. Picture a movie REEL turning as the movie is shown.

surreal-> sur+real sur(surmount) real so it overcomes real so it is a imagery


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