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

Brennan: Your mention of Dylan brings us to terrain I’m better equipped to handle than a case of epididymitis run amok: The film’s phantasmagoric dogpile of cinematic, cultural and political points of reference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

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

Such a combat was never seen before by mortal eyes, and to us who did see it, it appeared more like the phantasmagoric creation of a dream than anything else.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules