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daydreamy

daydreamy

5.2
Having a soft, hazy look that seems slightly blurred
  • adjective
  • /ˈdeɪˌdriːmi/
translation icon : onírico
  • The music video opened with a daydreamy scene, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

Examples

  • Her room had a daydreamy atmosphere, with sunlight filtering softly through sheer curtains.

  • The artist used pastel colors to create a daydreamy landscape that felt peaceful and unreal.

  • What a daydreamy scene that was!

  • She had a daydreamy expression on her face.

  • The landscape was daydreamy, with soft colors blending into one another.

  • She stared out the window, enjoying the daydreamy atmosphere of the misty morning.

  • The music had a daydreamy quality that made everyone feel relaxed and whimsical.

Synonyms

dreamy
vsdaydreamy
13 3.3

Looks lost in thought and not paying attention

focuses on a soft, hazy look rather than an inner state
dreamlike
vsdaydreamy
9 5.7

Having a calm, unreal quality as if you are half asleep

is softer and hazier, showing a gentle indistinct quality
moony
vsdaydreamy
  • Informal
1 7.3

Looking dreamy and lost in thought, not paying attention

is about soft hazy visual quality rather than a distracted mood
oneiric
vsdaydreamy
  • Literature
1 9.9

Having the strange, unreal feeling of a dream

is more about soft, hazy visual blur than poetic suggestion

Antonyms

clear
40 1.0

Pure and distinct in sound or colour

vivid
23 3.0

Very bright and clear in color and easy to notice

How Dreamlike

ethereal
  • Literature
22 8.8
dreamy
22 3.4
daydreamy
5.2
hazy
49 3.9
indistinct
328 5.3

Surface Forms

daydreamy positive

Morphology

daydreamy = daydream (transparent) = day + dream + y

Derived by adding '-y' to 'daydream' to indicate a quality like that of a daydream; the visual/dreamlike extension is a straightforward metaphorical use.

Etymology

Daydreamy comes from day ('day') + dream ('a picture or story in your mind') + -y ('full of' or 'like'). Because 'dream' suggests soft, unreal images, daydreamy describes things that look hazy, calm, or like a gentle dream.