Phantasmagoric (Adjective)
Meaning
Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The phantasmagoric landscape of dreams, where skyscrapers morphed into medieval castles, left me bewildered.
- Her surreal paintings featured phantasmagoric scenes of everyday objects hovering in mid-air amidst cosmic storms.
- The fireworks exploded into a kaleidoscope of phantasmagoric colors, mesmerizing the young children in the crowd.
- In the poem, a phantasmagoric gathering of mythological creatures from different cultures converged on a mystical mountain.
- The movie's special effects created a phantasmagoric world of magical beings and incredible machines that coexisted in an alternate reality.