- a variation of phantasmagoric.
phantasmagorical
Example Sentences
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Janet Arnold brings Elizabeth’s court to life with her revelatory transcription of the royal wardrobe accounts, including descriptions of 2,000 of the queen’s phantasmagorical dresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It felt very spectral and almost phantasmagorical and certainly not a depiction of a truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
“Even the language itself leads to the phantasmagorical of it all,” she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
When I spoke to Mogelson, he said that an important thing separating the United States from the war-ravaged countries he’s worked in is the phantasmagorical nature of the American far right’s complaints.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
She had lost her count of time; things were phantasmagorical and unreal; all that she could realise was this one overpowering, crushing fact—John was dead!
From Jess by Henry Rider Haggard
