surrealistic
UK/səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk//səˌɹi.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
surrealistic adjective: surreal.
Adjective
surrealistic (comparative more surrealistic, superlative most surrealistic)
- surreal.
- This is a photograph in the surrealistic spirit. Some will find it highly interesting and entertaining, others will condemn it as nonsense.1939, Photographers' Association of California, Camera Craft, Fayette J. Clute, page 131
- Today the cave is 1,000 feet above the canyon floor. You'll need a sweater inside the cave, which has a constant temperature of 42°. An indirect lighting system effectively iluminates the limestone formations with surrealistic splashes of color from various mineral deposits.1953, Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset, Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company, page 47
surrealistic meaning in Kannada and Tagalog
surrealistic in Kannada
- ಅಸಂಭಾವ್ಯ, ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧ, ಅವಾಸ್ತವ
surrealistic in Tagalog
- surreal
- makakubtunay
Examples of surrealistic in a sentence
- The narrative techniques range from the Defoe-like quality of the first novel to the slapstick and surrealistic invention of the last.1958, John Brooks, Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street, Harper & Row, page 281:
- Conversation had dropped to a low ebb, when, with surrealistic incoherence, someone poured a tin of turpentine on the floor in front, and there it lay in all its unhurried viscuous splendour.1968, Sisirkumar Ghose, Mine Oyster, Harper & Row, page 174:
Forms of surrealistic
| comparative | more surrealistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most surrealistic |
Origin of surrealistic
From surreal + -istic.
Words formed from surrealistic
Words that rhyme with surrealistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- unartistic
Questions about surrealistic
- What does surrealistic mean?
- Surrealistic means surreal.
- What is surrealistic in Kannada?
- Surrealistic in Kannada is ಅಸಂಭಾವ್ಯ, ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧ, ಅವಾಸ್ತವ. See Surrealistic meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use surrealistic in a sentence?
- The narrative techniques range from the Defoe-like quality of the first novel to the slapstick and surrealistic invention of the last.
- What part of speech is surrealistic?
- Surrealistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce surrealistic?
- Surrealistic is pronounced /səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near surrealistic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: surrealistic (page history and authors); surrealistic (Kannada 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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