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dreamy

dreamy

22 3.4
Feels soft, gentle and romantic, like a dream
  • adjective
  • /ˈdriːmi/
translation icon : de ensueño
  • The couple strolled through the park, enjoying the dreamy atmosphere created by the soft glow of the sunset.

And this does give a really beautiful dreamy effect to the skin.

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Examples

  • Her eyes were soft and dreamy, her smile shy; a faint blush lay across her cheekbones.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • It would be dreamy to fall asleep listening to the music.

    Body So Fluorescent (2020)

  • And this does give a really beautiful dreamy effect to the skin.

    Wayne Goss

  • So I think these were dreamy times.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Oh yeah, that is a dreamy, dreamy combination.

  • Sometimes it came to him soft and dreamy, like a lover's whisper.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The look on Gretel's face was so dreamy and warm it took the chill right out of the air.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Matt looked away, a private, dreamy smile softening the intensity of his face.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And your distant, dreamy eyes, I've been chasing you all my life...

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And then, one day I drifted off on my dreamy wanderings, roaming farther and farther away.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

dreamlike
vsdreamy
9 5.7

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

is gentler and more romantically pleasant rather than primarily strange
languorous
vsdreamy
2 8.6

Feeling pleasantly slow and without much energy

is about pleasant romantic unreality rather than low energy and sleepiness
swoony
vsdreamy
  • Informal
1 8.0

Feeling faint and dreamy because of strong feelings of love

is calmer and gently pleasant rather than intense emotion causing faintness
oneiric
vsdreamy
  • Literature
1 9.9

Having the strange, unreal feeling of a dream

is the emotional, softly romantic sense rather than a technical term
daydreamy
vsdreamy
5.2

Having a soft, hazy look that seems slightly blurred

is more explicitly romantic and pleasantly unreal rather than only hazy
moonish
vsdreamy
  • Archaic
9.3

Being dreamy and often lost in romantic thoughts

is a warmer, more deliberately pleasant sense rather than mere absent-mindedness

Antonyms

realistic
65 4.1

Showing things as they are in real life

harsh
47 3.9

Very strong and unpleasant to the senses, like bright light or bitter taste

How Dreamlike

otherworldly
  • Literature
36 7.8
dreamy
22 3.4
ethereal
  • Literature
22 8.8

Surface Forms

dreamy positive
dreamier comparative
dreamiest superlative

Morphology

dreamy = dream (transparent) = dream + y

The sense 'having a pleasantly unreal or romantic quality' is a clear adjectival extension of 'dream' with '-y' (resembling a dream), so the derivation is productive and guessable.

Etymology

Dreamy comes from the word dream plus the ending -y, where -y means 'like' or 'full of'. Because dreams feel soft, unreal, and often romantic, dreamy describes something that feels pleasantly unreal or gently romantic.