What does phantasmagorical mean?
Phantasmagorical means Synonym of phantasmagoric..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Synonym of phantasmagoric..
Accordingly, Hawthorne selects the Brook Farm episode (or a reflection of it) as affording his drama "a theatre, a little removed from the highway of ordinary travel, where the creatures of his brain may play their phantasmagorical antics, without exposing them to too close a comparison with the actual events of real lives."
"In my youth," he went on after a pause, "I found myself, quite fortuitously, involved in a series of the most phantasmagorical amorous intrigues.[…]"
Use phantasmagorical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Phantasmagorical means Synonym of phantasmagoric..
Common synonyms include phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic, unrealistic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Accordingly, Hawthorne selects the Brook Farm episode (or a reflection of it) as affording his drama "a theatre, a little removed from the highway of ordinary travel, where the creatures of his brain may play their phantasmagorical antics, without exposing them to too close a comparison with the actual events of real lives."
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