dreamy
/ˈdɹiː.mi/
dreamy adjective: as in a dream; resembling a dream.
Adjective
dreamy (comparative dreamier, superlative dreamiest)
- As in a dream; resembling a dream.
- It's so dreamy / Oh, fantasy free me / So you can't see me1973, Richard O'Brien, “Time Warp”, in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Sexy; handsome; attractive.
- I love the doctor in that American TV show: he is so dreamy!
- He is dreamy, sex-bomb cute.1999, Shana Larsen, 200 Cigarettes (motion picture), spoken by Lucy (Courtney Love)
- Having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere.
- That place was so dreamy!
- This is the chapter where things get creamy, dreamy, and cloudlike. The Polish love of cheesecakes, meringues, and cream puff–style desserts is evidenced in every café, every bakery.2025 October 14, Laurel Kratochvila, “Ptysie, Bezy & Serniki: Choux, Meringues & Cheesecakes”, in Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN
- Tending to dream or daydream.
- Cocktails and moonlit nights / That dreamy look in your eye / Give me a tropical contact high1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys
- Synonyms:
- moony
dreamy meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam
dreamy in Hindi
- स्वप्निल
dreamy in Bengali
- স্বপ্নময়
dreamy in Malayalam
- മനോരാജ്യത്തിൽ മുഴുകിയ, സ്വപ്നം കാണുന്ന, അപ്രായോഗികമായ, സ്പഷ്ടമല്ലാത്ത
Examples of dreamy in a sentence
- Mum sometimes accused me of being a “dreamy Daniel”, which I was.
- It was like seeing some dreamy fruit at the point of optimum, plumptious juiciness.
- He was the dreamy one, the offbeat one, always lost in his own world.
Synonyms of dreamy
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Forms of dreamy
| comparative | dreamier |
|---|---|
| superlative | dreamiest |
Origin of dreamy
From dream + -y.
Words formed from dreamy
Phrases with dreamy
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Questions about dreamy
- What does dreamy mean?
- Dreamy means as in a dream; resembling a dream.
- What is dreamy in Hindi?
- Dreamy in Hindi is स्वप्निल. See Dreamy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dreamy?
- Dreamy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dreamy?
- Dreamy is pronounced /ˈdɹiː.mi/ (UK).
Words near dreamy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dreamy (page history and authors); dreamy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dreamy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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