hallucinatory

[huh-loo-suh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1820–30; hallucinate + -ory¹

Related formsnon·hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry, adjectiveun·hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry, adjective

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“I lay curled up in a hallucinatory state for the next eight hours,” Dowd wrote in the column.
Maureen Dowd: ‘I Love’ Pot Billboard Using My Image, Will Use It for Christmas Card|Abby Haglage|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I barely made it to my couch, where I lay curled up in a hallucinatory state for the next eight minutes.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got A Good Story About ‘Em|Kevin Bleyer|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The leftist Peace Now lobby referred to it as hallucinatory.
The Rise of Naftali Bennett|David Frum|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She then won an Oscar… in a hallucinatory vision during the illness, leading her to pursue a career in acting.
Rebel Wilson’s 12 Funniest Moments (Video)|Kevin Fallon|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Another aspect of the book is a certain degree of hallucinatory imagery, influenced by how Junger spent the 1950s.
A P.S. on Ernst Jünger|Noah Kristula-Green|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A nascent malady of the ear may produce buzzings, and these may develop into hallucinatory voices.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense|Andrew Lang
These, for our purposes, are hallucinatory appearances occurring in the experience of people healthy and sane.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts|Andrew Lang
We can now comprehend why the hallucinatory persons are separated from those who write and speak automatically.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
No; whatever be the interpretation of these phenomena, they are certainly not hallucinatory.
The Problems of Psychical Research|Hereward Carrington
There are a few cases where the percipient seems to see a hallucinatory figure behind him, out of the range of optical vision.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers

Word Origin and History for hallucinatory

adj.

1830, from hallucinat-, past participle stem of Latin hallucinari (see hallucinate) + -ory.

Medicine definitions for hallucinatory

[hə-lōō′sə-nə-tôr′ē]

Of or characterized by hallucination.

Inducing or causing hallucination.