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Dictionary: sur·re·al   (sə-rē'əl) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: “Even with most facilities shut down … a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended.” (Peter H. King).
  2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.

[Back-formation from SURREALISM.]

surreally sur·re'al·ly adv.
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WordNet: surreal
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
  Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic

Meaning #2: resembling a dream
  Synonym: dreamlike


 
Wikipedia: Surreal
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Surreal in general means bizarre or dreamlike. It may refer to any of the following:


 
Translations: Surreal
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overnaturlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwerkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - surréaliste

Deutsch (German)
adj. - surrealistisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σουρεαλιστικός, απόκοσμος
n. - (το) σουρεαλιστικό

Italiano (Italian)
surreale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - surreal
n. - surreal (m)

Русский (Russian)
сюрреалистический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - surrealista

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - overklig, som en dröm, surrealistisk
n. - det surrealistiska

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
超现实主义的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 超現實主義的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 초현실주의의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 超現実主義の, シュールな, 超現実主義的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريالي (الاسم) السيريالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוזר, סוריאליסטי, שייך לזרם הסוריאליסטי באמנות ובספרות‬


 
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