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Strange or different in a way that is striking or fascinating; strangely beautiful, enticing, etc.
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- Strange or different in a way that is striking or fascinating; strangely beautiful, enticing, etc.
- From another part of the world; foreign:
- Foreign; not native
Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
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- Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
- Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.
- Subject to sudden change; unpredictable
Located far from civilized areas; remote:
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- Located far from civilized areas; remote:
- Very odd, strange, or peculiar; fantastic; bizarre
- (Archaic) Of foreign origin; not native.
Exceeding reasonable bounds:
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- Exceeding reasonable bounds:
- Costing or spending too much; wasteful
- Extremely abundant; profuse:
Created in the fancy; imaginary; not real
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- Created in the fancy; imaginary; not real
- Showing fancy in construction or design; quaint; odd
- Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
Extravagantly ambitious or aspiring
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- Extravagantly ambitious or aspiring
- Pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
- Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable:
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- Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable:
- Characterized by or resulting from caprice, inconsistency in feeling or purpose, a whim, or an unpredictable or impulsive behavior. See also arbitrary.
- Subject to caprices; tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic; flighty
Queer; peculiar; odd
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- Queer; peculiar; odd
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
Small in amount:
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- Small in amount:
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
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- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange
(Archaic) Cleverly made or done.
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- (Archaic) Cleverly made or done.
- Singular; unusual; curious
- (Archaic) Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:
(Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
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- (Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
- Strange or unusual:
- Peculiar; strange; odd
Particular; unique; special
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- Particular; unique; special
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique:
- Out of the ordinary; queer; odd; strange
Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
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- Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
- Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
- Very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
Of or about ghosts, evil spirits, or other supernatural things; unearthly, mysterious, eerie, etc.
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- Of or about ghosts, evil spirits, or other supernatural things; unearthly, mysterious, eerie, etc.
- Strikingly odd, strange, etc.; fantastic; bizarre
- Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
(Geol.) Designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier
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- (Geol.) Designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier
- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing:
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- Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing:
- Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid:
- That causes wonder; marvelous; amazing
Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
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- Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
- Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside:
- Not natural; alien:
Told of or celebrated in fables or legends.
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- Told of or celebrated in fables or legends.
- Of or like a fable; imaginary, fictitious, or legendary
- Extremely pleasing or successful:
(Biology) Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.
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- (Biology) Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:
- Participating or tending to participate in a very dangerous or difficult sport:
So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
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- So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
- So absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter
Deserving ridicule
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- Deserving ridicule
- Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly.
(Obs.) With the first last and the last first; inverted
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- (Obs.) With the first last and the last first; inverted
- So contrary to nature, reason, or common sense as to be laughable; absurd; ridiculous
Not plausible; not credible
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Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
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- Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
- In or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
- Ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd
Absurd; impossible
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- Absurd; impossible
- Highly improbable or illusory:
- Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
Not having the same center, as two circles one inside the other
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- Not having the same center, as two circles one inside the other
- Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
- Deviating from the norm, as in conduct; odd; unconventional
Impossible to take seriously; silly:
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- Impossible to take seriously; silly:
- Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate:
- Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
Not clearly, precisely, or definitely expressed or stated
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- Not clearly, precisely, or definitely expressed or stated
- Not sharp, certain, or precise in thought, feeling, or expression
- Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct:
Illusory.
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- Illusory.
- Illusory; unreal
- Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
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- Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
- (Math.) Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real
- Existing only in the imagination; fanciful; unreal
Of or characterized by hallucination.
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- Of or characterized by hallucination.
- Producing hallucination
- Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
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Assumed for effect; artificial
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- Assumed for effect; artificial
- Behaving in an artificial way to impress people; full of affectation
- Assumed or simulated to impress others:
Artificial, stylized, or affected
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- Artificial, stylized, or affected
- Artificial or affected:
- Having or showing a certain manner:
(Biol.) Designating or of a system of classification based on only a few characteristics, as color
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- (Biol.) Designating or of a system of classification based on only a few characteristics, as color
- Not arising from natural or necessary causes; contrived or arbitrary:
- Made by humans, especially in imitation of something natural:
Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation:
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- Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation:
- (Music) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.
- Of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
Extremely unconventional:
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- Extremely unconventional:
- (Informal) Very advanced, experimental, or nonconformist; esp., avant-garde
Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme:
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- Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme:
- (Informal) Wonderful, impressive, extraordinary, etc.
- Not credible; unbelievable
Beyond belief; astounding; incredible
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- Beyond belief; astounding; incredible
- Implausible or improbable.
- Not to be believed; incredible:
(Sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
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- (Sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- Extraordinary; outstanding:
- Extremely unusual; extraordinary; highly remarkable
conventional
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excellent
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unbelievable
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Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
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- Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
- Showing fancy in construction or design; quaint; odd
- Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
Of superior grade; fine:
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- Of superior grade; fine:
- Complex or intricate:
- Highly decorated:
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Having, using, or showing imagination; having great creative powers
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- Having, using, or showing imagination; having great creative powers
- Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
- Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
(Archaic) Fanciful; freakish
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- (Archaic) Fanciful; freakish
- Subject to sudden change; unpredictable
- Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way:
- Like a chimera.
- Relating to a monoclonal antibody produced from the cells of an organism, usually a mouse, in which the constant region has been replaced with a human sequence of amino acids. This is done in the laboratory by replacing part of the DNA sequence in the nonhuman cells of an organism with a sequence of human DNA.
- Imaginary, fanciful.
Highly improbable or illusory:
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- Highly improbable or illusory:
- Indulging in unrealistic fancies; visionary
- Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
Of or relating to conceptualism.
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- Of or relating to conceptualism.
- Of or relating to concepts or mental conception:
- Of or having to do with a concept or concepts
Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
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- Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
- Created in the fancy; imaginary or unreal:
- Created in the fancy; imaginary; not real
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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(Math.) Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real
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- (Math.) Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real
- Existing only in the imagination; fanciful; unreal
- Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
(Gram.) Having full lexical, as distinguished from relational, meaning
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- (Gram.) Having full lexical, as distinguished from relational, meaning
- (Linguistics) Understood in terms of semantic content rather than grammatical structure. The word did is notional in We did the work and relational in We did not agree.
- Of, expressing, or consisting of notions, or concepts
Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable:
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- Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable:
- Characterized by or resulting from caprice, inconsistency in feeling or purpose, a whim, or an unpredictable or impulsive behavior. See also arbitrary.
- Subject to caprices; tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic; flighty
(Geol.) Designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier
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- (Geol.) Designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier
- Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
- Having no fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; wandering
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious
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- Changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious
- Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
- Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
- Capricious or unpredictable
- Having the nature of a freak; odd; peculiar
- Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
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- Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
- Not always holding to the same principles or practice; changeable
- Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory:
Not constant; changeable
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- Not constant; changeable
- Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.
- Not uniform in nature, value, etc.; irregular; variable
Having qualities suggestive of mercury; quick, quick-witted, volatile, changeable, fickle, etc.
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- Having qualities suggestive of mercury; quick, quick-witted, volatile, changeable, fickle, etc.
- Having qualities attributed to the god Mercury or supposedly influenced by the planet Mercury; eloquent, clever, shrewd, thievish, etc.
- Caused by the action or use of mercury
Likely to perform unpredictably; undependable:
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- Likely to perform unpredictably; undependable:
- Having an excitable temperament; easily upset
- Relating to or caused by temperament:
Very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
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- Very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
- Needing careful handling; precarious; delicate
- Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:
Not known for certain; questionable.
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- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Not definite or determined; vague
- Subject to change; variable:
Not fixed, firm, or steady; easily upset or unbalanced
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- Not fixed, firm, or steady; easily upset or unbalanced
- Showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior.
- Changeable; variable; fluctuating
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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- Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
- Not firm or stable; shaky
- Not even or regular; wavering:
Designating or involving an interest rate, as on a mortgage loan, that varies over time according to some predetermined formula
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- Designating or involving an interest rate, as on a mortgage loan, that varies over time according to some predetermined formula
- A factor or condition that is subject to change, especially one that is allowed to change in a scientific experiment to test a hypothesis.
- Likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable.
(Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
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- (Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
- Tending to vary often or widely, as in price:
- Changing easily from liquid to vapor at normal temperatures and pressures. Essential oils used in perfumes are highly volatile.
Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
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- Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
- Subject to sudden change; unpredictable
- Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.
Causing astonishment in; causing to be astonished.
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- Causing astonishment in; causing to be astonished.
Extremely pleasing or successful:
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- Extremely pleasing or successful:
- Barely credible; astonishing:
- (Informal) Very good; wonderful
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme:
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- Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme:
- Seeming too unusual or improbable to be possible
- (Informal) Wonderful, impressive, extraordinary, etc.
Causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary
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- Causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary
- Very good; fine; splendid
- Of the highest or best kind or quality; first-rate:
Able to work miracles.
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- Able to work miracles.
- So astounding as to suggest a miracle; phenomenal:
- Like a miracle; wonderful; marvelous
Extraordinary; outstanding:
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- Extraordinary; outstanding:
- (Sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- (Colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
Extraordinary; marvelous:
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- Extraordinary; marvelous:
- Of great size, power, extent, etc.; enormous; huge
- Wonderful; amazing
Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
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- Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
- Remarkable; outstanding:
- Astonishingly great or large
- Implausible or improbable.
- Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
- Not to be believed; incredible:
That causes wonder; marvelous; amazing
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- That causes wonder; marvelous; amazing
- Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid:
- Very good, excellent, fine, etc.
Remarkable or extraordinary; wonderful.
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- Remarkable or extraordinary; wonderful.
- Wonderful
Ludicrously odd; bizarre.
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- Ludicrously odd; bizarre.
- (Archaic) Fantastic and queer; grotesque
Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
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- Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
- Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
- Very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Alternative spelling of far-fetched.
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- Alternative spelling of far-fetched.
- That is barely believable based on logical or normal thinking
- Not readily believable because of improbable elements therein:
In or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
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- In or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
- Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
- Ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd
Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
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- Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
- Created in the fancy; imaginary; not real
- Created in the fancy; imaginary or unreal:
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up:
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- Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up:
- Assumed for disguise or deception
- Of or relating to the characters, settings, or plots that are created for a work of fiction:
Relating to or being a kinshiplike relationship among people who are not related by heredity, marriage, or adoption, often involving the use of kinship terms.
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Complete; finished:
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- Complete; finished:
- With cosmetics applied
- Changed or adorned by the application of cosmetics or makeup:
Of or like God or a god
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- Of or like God or a god
- (Informal) Very pleasing, attractive, etc.
- Supremely great, good, etc.
Hard to believe; incredible; astounding
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- Hard to believe; incredible; astounding
- Extremely pleasing or successful:
- (Informal) Very good; wonderful
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
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Having or deserving glory; famous.
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- Having or deserving glory; famous.
- (Informal) Very delightful or enjoyable
- Characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent:
Causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary
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- Causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary
- Very good; fine; splendid
- Of the highest or best kind or quality; first-rate:
Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details:
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- Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details:
- (Informal) Exceptionally good, fine, etc.
- Exceptionally great.
Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
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- Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
- Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
- Very good; excellent; fine
Majestic or magnificent:
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- Majestic or magnificent:
- Of unusually high quality; excellent:
- Extremely fine; excellent
(Informal) Unusually fine, admirable, enjoyable, etc.
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- (Informal) Unusually fine, admirable, enjoyable, etc.
- Very good or fine; splendid:
- Causing terror or great fear; terrifying:
That causes wonder; marvelous; amazing
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- That causes wonder; marvelous; amazing
- Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid:
- Very good, excellent, fine, etc.
(Rare) Of or for a dandy; foppish
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- (Rare) Of or for a dandy; foppish
- Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
- Fine; good.
Filled with dreams
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- Filled with dreams
- Like something in a dream; not sharply defined; misty, vague, etc.
- (Informal) Inspiring delight; wonderful.
Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination:
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- Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination:
- (Informal) Very good; first-rate:
- Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent:
(Chiefly Brit., Slang, former) Excellent; fine; splendid
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- (Chiefly Brit., Slang, former) Excellent; fine; splendid
- Excellent; marvelous:
- (Dated, slang) Excellent.
(Informal) Outstanding; exceptionally fine
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- (Informal) Outstanding; exceptionally fine
- Excellent; first-rate:
- Great, extreme, or excessive
Fashionably elegant; stylish.
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- Fashionably elegant; stylish.
- Excellent; wonderful:
- (Slang) First-rate; excellent
(Archaic) Capable of making one tremble; terrible.
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- (Archaic) Capable of making one tremble; terrible.
- Wonderful, amazing, extraordinary, etc.
- Very large; great; enormous
(Slang) Entire; full:
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- (Slang) Entire; full:
- Excellent; first-rate:
- (Slang) Very good, pleasing, etc.; excellent
(Dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable. [popular in the 1940s and again in the 1960s]
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- (Dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable. [popular in the 1940s and again in the 1960s]
- (Slang) Very pleasing or attractive
- Very pleasing; wonderful.
Currently very popular or successful:
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- Currently very popular or successful:
- (Slang) Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative:
- (Slang) Performing with great skill and daring:
Having a sharp edge or point; that can cut well
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- Having a sharp edge or point; that can cut well
- (Slang) Good, fine, etc.
- (Slang) Great; splendid; fine:
Without anything superfluous; simple
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- Without anything superfluous; simple
- Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit:
- Clean and in good order; trim; tidy
(Informal) Attractive, smart, stylish, enjoyable, etc.
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- (Informal) Attractive, smart, stylish, enjoyable, etc.
- Good; a general term for anything that is good, useful or beneficial.
- First-rate; great:
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Synonym Study
- Grotesque suggests a ludicrously unnatural distortion of the normal or real, or a fantastic combination of elements the grotesque grimaces of the comedian
- Bizarre suggests that which is extraordinarily eccentric or strange because of startling incongruities, extreme contrasts, etc. music with a bizarre atonality
- Fantastic implies a lack of restraint in imagination, suggesting that which is extravagantly fanciful or unreal in design, conception, construction, etc. fantastic notions
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