phantasmagoric
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Its bright orange shade looked almost neon against the phantasmagoric roses bursting from the carpeting and wallpaper—every inch of this underworld custom-calibrated for a blindingly colorful ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ali makes these sort of phantasmagoric horror films, in a way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Much that occurs is slightly phantasmagoric, resulting in a story of psychological disorientation as well as physical threat.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Its roof is supported by a phantasmagoric pair of giant concrete “trees” with swelling trunks and thick branches, the surreal forms contradicting the otherwise right-angled, Modernist structure.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
This must not be confounded with an involuntary perturbation, a mere instinctive dread, a phantasmagoric illusion that involves no part of the will.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton
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