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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Resembling a dream; ethereal or vague.
  2. adj. Given to daydreams or reverie.
  3. adj. Soothing and serene.
  4. adj. Informal Inspiring delight; wonderful.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Full of dreams; given to dreaming; relating to or associated with dreams; giving rise to dreams: as, dreamy moods.
  2. Having the characteristics of a dream; consisting of or resembling idle imaginations; dream-like; vague; indistinct; visionary: as, he led a dreamy existence.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. As in a dream; resembling a dream.
  2. adj. colloquial sexy; handsome; attractive
  3. adj. having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary.
  2. adj. soothing; restful.
  3. adj. informal Like what one dreams of; wonderful; delightful; marvelous; ideal.
  4. adj. Prone to indulge in fantasy or daydreaming.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. dreamy in mood or nature
  2. adj. lacking spirit or liveliness

Examples

  • “Throw in a New York Times crossword puzzle and a can of mixed nuts, and that's what I call a dreamy day.”

    Newsweek: Take Another Swing

  • ““Hell,” her mother says, examining the wound the way she always examines her face, with her lips parted and her forehead scrunched, her chin tilted upward and her expression dreamy, as if blurring her eyes, seducing her reflected image.”

    Simon & Schuster: Some Fun

  • “He blamed the fairy tales of her childhood, the influence of her school companions, the poetry and novels of later years as the chief causes of what he called her dreamy ways and romantic nonsense, and he determined that Marjory should be very differently brought up.”

    Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls

  • “And with all the ritzy, high-profile hotels in dreamy Istanbul, his small hotel is one of the top rated -- because of him.”

    The Huffington Post: Dr. Irene S. Levine: Life is a Trip: Finding Friends in Strange Places

  • “The Crees and voyageurs felt the spirit of it and mumbled in dreamy undertones, and the cook unconsciously subdued the clatter of pot and pan.”

    IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH

  • “Idalia stared off into space, her expression dreamy as she remembered.”

    Fictionaut: Tran Siberian

  • “A class act all the way, in dreamy black and white.”

    2006 July : Scrubbles.net

  • “Returning to Uzbekistan from two weeks in dreamy Turkey is a lot like waking up with a hangover … you either want to stay in bed, or order up a double Bloody Mary.”

    “One year”

  • “Robina sucked in dreamy silence for a few seconds; then she murmured the one word:”

    Try Anything Twice

  • “Big Fan to sag in the middle and dallying in short, dreamy sequences.”

    The Clog

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synonyms (7)

Words with the same meaning

  1. visionary
  1. soothing
  1. restful
  1. wonderful
  1. delightful
  1. marvelous
  1. ideal

equivalents (3)

Other words for ‘dreamy’

  1. inattentive
  1. lethargic
  1. unenrgetic

same context (12)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. pensive
  2. languid
  1. sad
  2. vague
  1. tranquil
  2. sleepy
  1. contemplative
  2. gentle
  1. poetic
  2. voluptuous
  1. thoughtful
  2. eerie

rhymes (5)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Mimi
  1. creamy
  1. reamy
  1. seamy
  1. steamy

reverse dictionary (26)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. johnadreams
  2. dreaminess
  3. dreamingly
  4. lackadaisical
  5. dreamily
  1. lotus-eater
  2. New Age
  3. languor
  4. nocturne
  5. moony
  1. woolgathering
  2. otherworldly
  3. faraway
  4. circumambulate
  5. misty-eyed
  1. stardust
  2. visionary
  3. dreamfully
  4. dreamy
  5. moon
  1. moon around
  2. moon on
  3. moonily
  4. romance
  5. reverie
  1. shadowy

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  1. facial
  1. eyes

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Words tagged ‘dreamy’

  1. ethereal

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