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[ uhn-ree-uhl, -reel ] / ʌnˈri əl, -ˈril / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unreal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot real or actual. imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic. lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial: unreal propaganda serving as news. Origin of unrealFirst recorded in 1595–1605; un-1 + real1 SYNONYMS FOR unrealsham, spurious, fictitious, illusive, theoretical, impractical, vague. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unreal ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unrealun·re·al·ly, adverbWords nearby unrealunravel, unreactive, unread, unreadable, unready, unreal, unrealistic, unreality, unrealizable, unrealized, unreason Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unrealStiff cliched characters, unreal situations, and a bit too much autobiography. Malkin-Bots Ineptly Strike Back|David Frum, Justin Green|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST This would, Summerscale points out, “render the moment of their intimacy at once real and unreal, a fact and a fiction.” A Very Scandalous Diary: Kate Summerscale’s ‘Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace’|Lucy Scholes|June 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST He put together an unreal show...every performer dedicated his or her music to Whitney. The Saga of Whitney Houston’s Last Movie, ‘Sparkle’|Howard Rosenman|February 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST “It all seems so unreal to me, even now,” says Canadian Laurie Willits from her hotel in Rome. Cruise Ship Sinking: Couple Rescued From Costa Concordia|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“The grief out there is unreal, they are just looking for support,” said a local mayor. A New Mining Nightmare|Constantino Diaz-Duran|November 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST This is a ferocious and passionate version, but it is substantially not an unreal account of the position. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3)|John Morley We must of course render it quite clear to ourselves in what sense the terms 'real' and 'unreal' have to be understood. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut The face of the world—the river, the mills, and the bridge—was changed, tinged with a new and unreal quality. The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete|Winston Churchill As it is, they are the only people, except preachers, to whom unreal gush is allowed by gods and men. The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant It was so unreal, so dreamlike, that for many days I had trouble convincing myself of its actuality. Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore
British Dictionary definitions for unreal
adjectiveimaginary or fanciful or seemingly soan unreal situation having no actual existence or substance insincere or artificial Derived forms of unrealunreally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unrealunbelievable, immaterial, illusory, fanciful, hallucinatory, false, dreamlike, unsubstantial, artificial, insubstantial, aerial, chimerical, delusive, fabled, fabulous, fictitious, ideal, imaginary, imagined, impalpable |