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    surreal
    /səˈrɪəl/

    adjective

    • 1. having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre: "a surreal mix of fact and fantasy"

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  2. Surreal means strange or not seeming real, like a dream. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms, translations and related words.

    • Traditional

      SURREAL translate: 離奇的;超現實的;夢幻般的. Learn more in the...

    • Surreal in Turkish

      surreal translate: gerçeküstü; acayip ve gerçek dışı. Learn...

    • Surrealist

      SURREALIST definition: 1. relating to or producing a type of...

    • Dreamlike

      DREAMLIKE definition: 1. as if in a dream and therefore not...

  3. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of the word surreal, which means marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream or unbelievable, fantastic. Find out how surrealism became a movement in art and culture, and how it relates to the unconscious mind and dreams.

  4. strange; not seeming real; like a dream: Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience. Synonyms. dreamlike. surrealistic. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural. aberrant. aberrantly.

  5. 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.

  6. Surreal means strange or unreal, like in a dream. It comes from surrealism, a movement in art and literature that uses unexpected combinations of images and ideas. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, collocations and usage of surreal.

  7. The adjective surreal comes from Surrealism, a movement that produced films, writing, painting, and other art forms that often contained irrational, disjointed images. So, surreal describes something that’s a bizarre mix of elements, often jarring and seemingly nonsensical.

  8. Surreal means strange and not real, like something in a dream. Learn how to use this adjective with examples and translations in different languages.