hallucinatory

English

Etymology

From hallucinate +‎ -ory.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tɔːr.i/

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• Hyphenation: hal‧lu‧cin‧atory

Adjective

hallucinatory (comparative more hallucinatory, superlative most hallucinatory)

1. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

   hallucinatory drug

   hallucinatory image

   hallucinatory state

   hallucinatory vision

   The painting had a hallucinatory quality, as if it were shifting.

   High fever sometimes causes hallucinatory visions.

   The film created a hallucinatory atmosphere with its colors and sounds.

Derived terms

• antihallucinatory
• hallucinatorily
• hallucinatoriness
• hallucinatory realism
• nonhallucinatory
• pseudohallucinatory
• semihallucinatory

Translations

tending to produce hallucination

Finnish: hallusinatorinen French: hallucinatoire (fr) German: halluzinatorisch Irish: siabhránach Portuguese: alucinatório (pt) Russian: галлюцинато́рный (ru) (galljucinatórnyj)