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- Dictionaryhallucinatory/həˈl(j)uːsɪnət(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. of or resembling a hallucination: "a hallucinatory fantasy"
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: resembling, involving, or being a hallucination. hallucinatory dreams. a hallucinatory figure. Examples of hallucinatory in a Sentence.
relating to or causing hallucinations (= experiences in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist): In some patients the drug has been found to have hallucinatory side effects. He heard hallucinatory voices telling him what to do. She had a number of hallucinatory episodes.
: a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
relating to or causing hallucinations (= experiences in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist): In some patients the drug has been found to have hallucinatory side effects. He heard hallucinatory voices telling him what to do. She had a number of hallucinatory episodes.
the experience of seeing, hearing, feeling, or smelling something that does not exist, usually because of a health condition or because you have taken a drug: A high temperature can cause hallucinations. Auditory hallucination is more common than people think. He was suffering from drug-induced hallucination. [ C ]
Hallucinatory definition: pertaining to or characterized by hallucination. See examples of HALLUCINATORY used in a sentence.
Definition of hallucinatory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images. Synonyms: aberration, phantasm.
If you sense something hallucinatory, it's either not really there — it's an actual hallucination, an illusory perception — or it's as dreamlike or fantastic as a hallucination. You could describe strange dreams, surreal art, and bizarre movies as hallucinatory, for example.
Hallucinatory is used to describe something that is like a hallucination or is the cause of a hallucination. It was an unsettling show. There was a hallucinatory feel from the start.
