hallucinate
to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations: People who ingested this fungus often hallucinated, seeing colored lights or hearing voices.
Computers, Digital Technology. (of a machine learning program) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.
to see or hear (things that do not exist outside the mind); havehallucinations about: In dramatic moments, the character hallucinates a very funny animated bear.
Archaic. to affect with hallucinations.
Origin of hallucinate
1Other words from hallucinate
- hal·lu·ci·na·tor, noun
- non·hal·lu·ci·nat·ed, adjective
- un·hal·lu·ci·nat·ed, adjective
- un·hal·lu·ci·nat·ing, adjective
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How to use hallucinate in a sentence
You could even say that we’re all hallucinating all the time.
Our brains exist in a state of “controlled hallucination” | Matthew Hutson | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThat weekend, she started hallucinating, a symptom of her fever and lowered oxygen levels.
A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections. She Ended Up Spending Six Weeks in the Hospital. | by Maryam Jameel | July 16, 2021 | ProPublicaMaki continues to hallucinate and babble about his favorite football players, or a scene from a Batman movie, said Reed, his father.
How America failed students with disabilities during the pandemic | Hannah Natanson, Valerie Strauss, Katherine Frey | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostI’m convinced he’s hallucinating, but then I see them, too, telephone lines looping from the rim toward the corridor trails.
A father-son backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon is an introduction to adventure | John Briley | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostI picked up a fancy chicken from the farmers market and thought I was hallucinating when I saw the $37 price tag.
The episode then dives into A Christmas Carol territory as Oliver starts to hallucinate.
Arrow ‘Three Ghosts’ Recap: Here Comes The Flash! | Chancellor Agard | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne night, while looking in the mirror he began to hallucinate that he could not see his flesh or his bones.
A placard that is to have effect at some distance must be in glaring colours; pathos calls for images that hallucinate.
mile Verhaeren | Stefan ZweigI recognise no obligation to reason with such hallucinate mortals; I simply treat them with ridicule.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. Foote
British Dictionary definitions for hallucinate
/ (həˈluːsɪˌneɪt) /
(intr) to experience hallucinations
Origin of hallucinate
1Derived forms of hallucinate
- hallucinator, noun
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