dreaminess
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdriːmiːnəs/
- I can hear the air currents from the vents, but the air remains thick with the hot dreaminess of a school day in summer.
Examples
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We rode out to Heathrow in a taxi, she bundled in her black coat with the blue frogging and looking especially vulnerable in a way that lent youthful dreaminess to her face.
Fiction book (1991) -
For a moment, her eyes looked inside herself, to the memory, and the dreaminess in her expression filled me with my own love for Koji.
Fiction book (1996) -
They share an energetic dreaminess that makes Susan uneasy.
Fiction book (2000) -
He smoothed his palm over his face and chin in a new dreaminess she hadn't seen before.
Fiction book (1990) -
He wore a look of furtive sorrow, of dreaminess, as if his toehold in the present were tenuous and his mind, behind restless brown eyes, flitted between a past and a future, neither of which he could accommodate.
Fiction book (1997) -
How gradually these feverish ideas had lost their richness, their possibility, a sullen hard certitude replacing her wild flights of hope, her father's cold pragmatism canceling out the romantic dreaminess she must have inherited from her mother.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the sun set, a warm dreaminess enveloped the room, making it feel cozy and inviting.
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After hours of daydreaming at her desk, she finally embraced a sense of dreaminess that allowed her thoughts to wander.
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Lying on the grass, I was lost in a delightful dreaminess, imagining all the adventures I could take.
Synonyms
55
4.4
A calm, peaceful feeling without worry
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2.8
Thinking about things you want or imagine while you are awake
21
7.5
A pleasant daydream when you are lost in thought
5
3.2
Thinking about pleasant things while not paying attention
1
5.5
A calm, comfortable state with little worry or stress
Lost in daydreams and not paying attention
A state when you feel like you are dreaming while awake
Antonyms
How Dreamy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dreaminess comes from the simple word dream ('images while you sleep' or 'pleasant thoughts') plus the ending -ness meaning 'state'. So, dreaminess is the 'state' of feeling soft, relaxed and a little lost in pleasant thoughts, like living in a gentle daydream.