hallucinatory
Like a mirage
Hallucinatory describes something resembling or producing hallucinations—vivid perceptions of things not actually present.
The word applies to drug-induced states, fever dreams, or experiences of disorientation: The medication produced hallucinatory side effects.
It also describes art, writing, or films with dreamlike, surreal qualities: The novel's hallucinatory imagery blurred the line between memory and fantasy.
Dreamlike and strange
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
apparitional · visionary · illusory · phantasmal · otherworldly · nightmarish · fevered · oneiric
Resembling a hallucination
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- DMTPowerful naturally occurring hallucinogen
ayahuasca · acid · shrooms · peyote · psychoactive · ketamine · trip · psychedelia
Stubbornly held false belief
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
dementia · dissociation · mania · flashback · distortion · disorientation · misperception · derealization
surreal
Dreamlike and strange
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
ghostly · apparitional · visionary · illusory · phantasmal · otherworldly · nightmarish · fevered · oneiric · fugue
trippy
Resembling a hallucination
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
DMT · ayahuasca · acid · shrooms · peyote · psychoactive · ketamine · trip · psychedelia · visuals
delusion
Stubbornly held false belief
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
paranoia · dementia · dissociation · mania · flashback · distortion · disorientation · misperception · derealization · depersonalization
intense
Extreme in degree
striking · luminous · glowing · radiant · hyperreal · sensory · immersive · overwhelming · lucid · technicolor
hallucinatorylucid
Mentally sharp and comprehensible
clear-headed · sober · rational · grounded · level-headed
hallucinatoryordinary
Standard, unremarkable
mundane · prosaic · everyday · unremarkable · commonplace
- hallucinatory statePerceiving nonexistent sensations