surreal

CEFRB2

/səˈɹiː(.ə)l/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Strange and dreamlike, unlike normal reality.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A surreal number.

Examples

  • I'm learning to make surreal art in Photoshop.

  • It was kind of surreal.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /syːˈɹiː(.ə)l/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

More examples

In context

  • The Russian Ballet was surreal!

  • The movie had a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere.

  • a surreal experience

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The painting of melting clocks and floating objects created a highly blank dreamlike atmosphere.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

French surréalismebor. English surrealismbf. English surreal A back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real.