dreamy
Americanadjective
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dreamier,
comparative
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dreamiest
superlative
adjective
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vague or impractical
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resembling a dream in quality
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relaxing; gentle
dreamy music
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informal wonderful
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having dreams, esp daydreams
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Etymology
Origin of dreamy
Explanation
Things that are dreamy seem slightly strange and unreal, but in a lovely way. A dreamy tune on the radio might make you close your eyes and smile. Your favorite tea shop might have a dreamy atmosphere, and your favorite movie might be slow and dreamy, with dreamlike images and meditative music. If a person is dreamy, she tends to live in her head, thinking or daydreaming. Informally, you can also describe something or someone that's wonderful or nice to look at as dreamy: "He's my favorite singer, and he's so dreamy." This casual meaning began as US teen slang in the 1940s.
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Many of those dreamy trips are effectively advertisements masquerading as tips, and the price tags can be eye-watering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
As Herzog moves the sisters between reality and film’s dreamy latter half, he plunges into the fizzy static that comprises their cosmic connection, examining their solitude as only he can.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
She says if you are looking to replicate this trend, mix pastel colours, dreamy florals, and tactile materials to form "unexpected clashes" that "look really messy".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He was off to New York or almost — Dudamel did quietly fit in a conversation at the Grammy Museum on Tuesday with Anthony Hopkins about the actor’s new dreamy album, “Life Is a Dream.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The look on Connor’s face was dreamy, content.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
While Justin Vernon of Bon Iver contributes writing and production to several tracks, the dreamier aesthetic of his own records is nowhere to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It became even dreamier when he took the outright lead after four birdies on the first nine without dropping a shot.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
A new album devoted to his work, performed by the Quatuor Bozzini, shows off this dreamier side of Johnson, as in the fifth and final movement of “Combinations for String Quartet.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
Here, in contrast, he found a softer, dreamier tone; often, he’s singing in a falsetto that Legend described as “haunting and beautiful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
In dreamier moments, I’d thought I might use it to stake up some hollyhocks come spring.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
After that came the singer’s dreamiest hit, “Somewhere Over Laredo,” and an especially sultry take on “Watermelon Moonshine,” the nostalgia-drunk love song from 2023 that’s probably still her finest moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Britain’s dreamiest indie-pop export has come along since making her highly anticipated Seattle debut at Chop Suey two and a half years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
It's just so fun, and animation is the dreamiest thing to do because we grew up watching cartoons.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
The last iteration is the strangest and dreamiest and reverses almost everything, especially gender.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2020
In the other rooms of the house her parents and Rafik were wrapped in their deepest, dreamiest breaths by now.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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