Fey (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Slightly insane.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old man's eyes had a fey glint that made you wonder if he was still entirely sane.
- Her behavior became increasingly fey after the accident, and her friends grew concerned for her well-being.
- The poet's fey nature was reflected in his whimsical and often inexplicable verses.
- The character in the novel was portrayed as fey and otherworldly, with a tenuous grasp on reality.
- The fey look in her eye made him question whether she was serious or just playing a strange joke.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her ethereal laughter and quick wit lent her a fey air, as if she were a woodland creature observing humans with amusement.
- The musician's lyrics had a fey quality to them, filled with moonlit visions and twilight whisperings.
- As the aurora borealis danced across the night sky, its shimmering curtains of light took on a fey beauty that captivated the beholder.
- Her dreams were vivid and fantastical, imbuing her waking hours with a fey aura of mystique and otherworldly curiosity.
- With her angular face and restless movements, she exuded a fey charm that set her apart from her peers, like a wandering spirit conjured into flesh and blood.