surreal

[ suh-ree-uh l, -reel ]

/ səˈri əl, -ˈril /

of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.

having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic: surreal complexities of the bureaucracy.

Origin of surreal

1935–40; back formation from surrealism; see sur-¹, real¹

sur·re·al·ly, adverb sur·re·al·i·ty

[suh-ree-al-i-tee] /sə riˈæl ɪ ti/, noun

The insurrectionists seemed actors in a surreal episode of revolutionary play-acting in which the curtain was about to fall.

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A slow, surreal tide of deformation has appeared throughout the city.

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There followed a series of rooms and scenes, showing various horrors or surreal scenes.

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It must be surreal to be working on a movie in the Rocky franchise and have Sylvester Stallone actually be there.

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The artists are no stranger to the whimsical and the surreal.

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surreal

/ (səˈrɪəl) /

suggestive of surrealism; dreamlike

the surreal the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism