"dreamlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dreamlike [comparative], most dreamlike [superlative]
Etymology: From dream + -like. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dream|like}} dream + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} dreamlike (comparative more dreamlike, superlative most dreamlike)
  1. Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness. Synonyms: dreamish, dreamy, oneiric Translations (like something from a dream): ὀνειρώδης (oneirṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), xəyali (Azerbaijani), приказен (prikazen) (Bulgarian), фантастичен (fantastičen) (Bulgarian), мечтателен (mečtatelen) (Bulgarian), snový (Czech), drømmeagtig (Danish), droomachtig (Dutch), reva (Esperanto), unenomainen (Finnish), haaveenomainen (Finnish), onirique [feminine, masculine] (French), rêveur (French), traumähnlich (German), träumerisch (German), versonnen (German), verträumt (German), traumhaft (German), ονειρικός (oneirikós) [masculine] (Greek), álomszerű (Hungarian), draumkenndur (Icelandic), draumi líkur (Icelandic), dreymandi (Icelandic), aislingeach (Irish), 夢幻的 (mugenteki) (alt: むげんてき) (Japanese), titoro (Maori), whakamoemoeā (Maori), oniryczny [masculine] (Polish), de vis (Romanian), oniric (Romanian), мечта́тельный (mečtátelʹnyj) (Russian), onírico (Spanish), drömlik (Swedish), dalgın (Turkish), hayalperest (Turkish), rüya dolu (Turkish), rüya gibi (Turkish), masalsı (Turkish)

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "like something from a dream",
      "word": "masalsı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dreamlike"
}

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