phantasmagoric

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adjective

Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.

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Meanings

adjectivephantasmagoric (comparative more phantasmagoric, superlative most phantasmagoric)

comparative more phantasmagoric · superlative most phantasmagoric

  1. Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.

    As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79.

    2000, Postmodern Studies, volume 28, page 127
  2. Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.

Synonyms & antonyms

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phantasmagorialphantasmagorianphantasmagorical

adjectivecharacterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

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phantasmagoricalsurrealsurrealisticunrealistic
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phantasmagorialphantasmagorianphantasmagoricalsurrealsurrealistic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From phantasmagoria + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan fantasmagòric
  • fantasmagòriccharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Finnish unenomainen, fantasianomainen
  • unenomainencharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • fantasianomainencharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
  • fantasmagorinencharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
French fantasmagorique
  • fantasmagoriquecharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Italian fantasmagorico
  • fantasmagoricocharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Polish fantasmagoryczny
  • fantasmagorycznycharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Russian фантасмагори́ческий
  • фантасмагори́ческий (fantasmagoríčeskij)characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Spanish fantasmagórico
  • fantasmagóricocharacterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
Ukrainian фантасмагори́чний
  • фантасмагори́чний (fantasmahorýčnyj)characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
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APA

phantasmagoric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantasmagoric

MLA

“phantasmagoric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantasmagoric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phantasmagoric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantasmagoric.

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