unreal+fancy

  • 101superb — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian, Corinthian, admirable, august, awe inspiring, awful, bad, barbaric, best, boss, breathtaking, brilliant, classic, cool, crashing, dazzling, deluxe, distinguished, divine, elaborate, elegant, elevated,… …

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  • 102Error — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Error >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 error error fallacy Sgm: N 1 misconception misconception misapprehension misstanding misunderstanding Sgm: N 1 inexactness inexactness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity …

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  • 103Euphuism —    , GONGORISM    Euphuism is an artificial literary style, popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. It derived its name from the name of the hero of two prose romances by John Lyly (1554 1606), Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1579) and his… …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 104delusion — delusion, illusion, hallucination, mirage denote something which is believed to be or is accepted as being true or real but which is actually false or unreal. Delusion in general implies self deception or deception by others; it may connote a… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 105Pretension# — Pretension (see also CLAIM, AMBITION) is rarely used in place of pretense as a concrete act, appearance, or statement, but it is often used in the sense of false show or the evidence of it, with, however, somewhat differing implications. Where… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 106vain — 1 Vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow are comparable when they mean devoid of worth or significance. Something vain (see also FUTILE) is devoid of all value, either absolutely because worthless, superfluous, or unprofitable or relatively… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 107phantasmal — adj unreal, illusory, delusory, imaginary, imagined, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical; chimerical, fanciful, fancy bred, fancied, figmental, figmentary; aerial, unsubstantial, incorporeal, airy, vaporous, ethereal, cloud built, air built;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 108superb — adj 1. fine, admirable, worthy, estimable, notable, noteworthy, distinguished; creditable, commendable, exemplary, meritorious, deserving, praiseworthy, laudable; excellent, first rate, of the first water, top drawer, Inf. topnotch, crackerjack,… …

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  • 109fanciful — fan•ci•ful [[t]ˈfæn sɪ fəl[/t]] adj. 1) whimsical in appearance: fanciful designs in lace[/ex] 2) imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance[/ex] 3) led by fancy rather than by reason and experience: a fanciful mind[/ex] • Etymology: 1620–30… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 110chimera — /kɪˈmɪərə / (say ki mearruh), /kə / (say kuh ) noun (plural chimeras) 1. (often upper case) a mythological fire breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2. a grotesque monster, as in… …