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Phantasmagorical

adjective

Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions. Synonyms: phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic. "The incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"

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"Phantasmagorical" Quotes from Famous Books

... charming coxcomb it is easy to know and love; but the 'freckled whelp hag-born' moves us mysteriously to pity and to terror, eluding us for ever in fearful allegories, and strange coils of disgusted laughter and phantasmagorical tears. The physical vigour of the presentment is often so remorseless as to shock us. 'I left them,' says Ariel, speaking of Caliban and ...

— Books and Characters - French and English • Lytton Strachey

Words linked to "Phantasmagorical" : unrealistic, surreal, phantasmagoria, surrealistic, phantasmagoric