surreal
adjective/səˈriːəl/
/səˈriːəl/
(also less frequent surrealistic)
- very strange; more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way
- surreal images
- The play was a surreal mix of fact and fantasy.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySurreal is used with these nouns:- imagery
Word Origin1930s: back-formation from surrealism.Want to learn more?
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