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Definition

characterized by fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together

It was as irrational and surreal as a dream.

surreal = characterized by fantastic imagery and combinations of things and events that don't go together

But whatever the reason, it felt surreal.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

surreal = unreal (characterized by fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together)

Lords of the surreal.
Darren Shan -- A Vampire's Assistant

surreal = fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together

surreal art and literature
Mom gave me an approving look, and again I had that surreal shifting feeling.
Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
I'd never seen him dress in black before, and, with the contrast against his pale skin, his beauty was absolutely surreal.
Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
It all seemed surreal—the sewer, the files, the mutants, Ari....
James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
It was surreal being back at camp, because everything looked so peaceful: no burning buildings, no wounded fighters.
Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
Theresa furrowed her brow, bewilderment making her surroundings surreal.
Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle
It felt as if she were watching something happening to other people, a surreal drama that had turned into a game of Murder in the Dark.
Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book
It was a surreal moment, a moment of desperation and honesty and, ultimately, what I hoped was love.
Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
The scene struck me as surreal, like watching yourself in a dream.
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
In 1924 Andre Breton published a 'surrealistic manifesto,' claiming that art should come from the unconscious.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Alan saw everything, each scene unfolding individually with surreal, violent precision.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
He drifted forward, and the movement flowed with such surreal grace that I gawked, my mouth hangmg open.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
To him, there was something surrealistic about the scene: a dozen men in a long, whitewashed room in Topeka, rebuilding a crash.
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
The whole thing felt surreal.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road
He finds it absurd and surreal that the kids here see him as some sort of symbol, when all he did was survive.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
I reached up and kissed him and it was very, very real, despite the quite surreal juxtaposition of colors in the night sky.
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank

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