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Meanings of phantasmagoric in English

Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions.

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Usage of phantasmagoric in English
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Nff!' moans William, fighting off phantasmagoric attackers with his free hand.
The crimson petal and the white
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What could be a normal scene has a magical, phantasmagoric quality.
The Irish Times
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At the same time, there can be a phantasmagoric quality to Osborne's monuments.
The Guardian
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Any further impressions belong wholly to the domain of phantasmagoric delirium.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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All is still on a colossal scale, but playful, capricious, phantasmagoric.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
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The street lighting is dimmed to accentuate the almost phantasmagoric atmosphere around you.
Reuters
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The landscape is highly picturesque and the phantasmagoric effects of the rarified atmosphere are bewitching.
Arizona Sketches
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The transaction had been so sudden as to have something of the phantasmagoric about it.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
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But HBO's phantasmagoric new series revels in its dissonance.
Wired
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The air was soft and tremulous with a magical light that produced startling phantasmagoric effects.
Arizona Sketches
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The hanging folds of mist had curtained the treelimbs, giving the forest a phantasmagoric pall.
Speaks the Nightbird
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So his descent into the phantasmagoric forest continued, the rain sweeping relentlessly across his face and shoulders.
The Drowned World
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The filching from the world of one element of its every-day life had unexpectedly rendered it all phantasmagoric.
The Sign at Six
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For a moment, he was closer to despair than at any other time in the whole phantasmagoric adventure.
Hunter Patrol
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Godwin always felt an odd, phantasmagoric sensation when he traversed the moat of concrete surrounding the observation tower.
Angelopolis
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I was like a man flying through the phantasmagoric happenings of a dream, knowing neither how nor whither.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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