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View synonyms for phantasmal

phantasmal

[ fan-taz-muhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral:

    phantasmal creatures of nightmare.



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Other Words From

  • phantas·mali·ty noun
  • phan·tasmal·ly phan·tasmi·cal·ly phantas·mati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phantasmal1

First recorded in 1805–15; phantasm + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Until now, such figures have stridden the phantasmal plains of American folklore and popular culture.

Much of this Friedrich's life has gone off like the smoke of fire-works, has faded sorrowfully, and proved phantasmal.

We seemed to be ploughing aimlessly through the phantasmal sand-dunes of another world, faintly and by an accident apprehended.

Shadowy shapes, phantasmal shadows Are upon the wind projected.

These crowded bridges, his desolate surroundings, assumed a phantasmal quality for Garth.

Brood in tenderness over the hearts of the anxious, the miserable, the victims of phantasmal fear and morbid imaginings.

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