as in saw
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinated
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In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso also plunge audiences into the tactile particulars and handcraft of logging, Robert sawing away with numb determination while he’s forced once again to be far away from his wife and child.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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Swanky suites and expensive lounges near the best viewing areas help woo clientele, who then help inflate revenue beyond what anyone could have imagined in earlier eras.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hutchens imagined it for someone who wants to propose with a grand gesture but not a traditional ring.—
Martha Cheng Gisela Williams Melinda Fakuade Jinnie Lee,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Miranda, a now 49-year-old sales associate, had dreamed since childhood of having hazel or green eyes.—
Saima S. Iqbal,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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No one dreamed that chase would take nine years, but more teams around the country invested in catching up and the Huskies had several seasons thrown off course by injuries.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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Cooper, however, barely contemplated leaving him at home and that, perhaps more than anything, summed up the bond between manager and player.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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Armstead, who contemplated retirement after last season, has a $22 million salary cap hit next season and the Dolphins would probably prefer to develop Paul, their second-round pick.—
Steve Svekis,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Dec. 2024
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Sure, Timothy stole a gun and fantasized about killing his wife and son, but the gun is gone.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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During the Cold War, its operatives fantasized about weakening and maybe even unraveling NATO and subverting the cohesiveness of the West.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
21 May 2019
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Miranda collborates with Actias wearing bespoke gloves designed in his Plymouth lab that translate hand gestures into control parameters to constantly change sounds by manipulating qubits, visualized on screen as a sphere.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
4 Oct. 2024
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The characters are visualized by artist Yann Kebbi as raw, flickering drawings overlaid atop the documentary imagery to lead us around the city.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Oct. 2024
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“Hallucinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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