surreal
Use Surreal in a sentence
əl, -ˈril adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
2.
having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic: surreal complexities of the bureaucracy.
Related forms
sur·re·al·ly, adverb
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surreal (səˈrɪəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | suggestive of surrealism; dreamlike |
| —n | |
| 2. | the surreal the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism |
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Surreal
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
Your flight may seem apocalyptic and surreal after the oxygen masks drop but the scariest moments may actually be good signs.
There was something surreal about the tanks on the square.
So on this day, when many of you are probably feeling a little surreal about the occasion.
It's surreal moving your hand back and forth to navigate menus, launch apps or perform other functions.
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