Dreamy

Definition: Dreamy

Dreamy

Adjective

1. Dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment".

2. Quiet and relaxing; "dreamy music".

3. Lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dreamy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Dreamy \Dream"y\, adjective. [Comparative Dreamier; superlative Dreamiest.]. (references)

Synonyms: Dreamy

Inactivity

Sleepy, sleepful; dozy, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent, lethargic, lethargical; somnifacient; statuvolent, statuvolic; heavy, heavy with sleep; napping; somnific, somniferous; soporous, soporific, soporiferous; hypnotic; balmy, dreamy; unawakened, unawakened.

Inattention

Absent, abstracted, distrait; absentminded, lost; lost in thought, wrapped in thought; rapt, in the clouds, bemused; dreaming on other things, musing on other things; preoccupied, engrossed; (attentive); daydreaming, in a reverie; Noun: off one's guard; (inexpectant); napping; dreamy; caught napping.

Unsubstantiality

Visionary; (imaginary); immaterial; spectral; dreamy; shadowy; ethereal, airy; cloud built, cloud formed; gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal.

Crosswords: Dreamy

Oh I think it'll make a dreamy picture, Mr. Steele (In a Lonely Place; writing credit: Dorothy B. Hughes; Edmund H. North)

True Blue and Dreamy (1974)

In Dreamy Jungletown (1916)

Dreamy Knights (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Careers for Romantics & Other Dreamy Types [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Dreamtective: The Dreamy and Daring Adventures of Cobra Kite (reference)

• Dreamy Island (reference)

• Dreamy Passage: Journal (reference)

• Heavenly Desserts: Dreamy Dishes for Every Occasion (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Dreamy (reference)

• Dreamy Christmas Time (reference)

• Dreamy Sunrise (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

But it was no common lamplight into which I now stepped, with a strange, new, dreamy sensation of some subtle witchery that had come over the place

There are such sudden congelations in the dreamy state, which a word is sufficient to produce

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "dreamy": dreamy state epilepsia ♦ dreamy state epilepsy. Additional references.

Beginning with "dreamy": dreamy-eyed, dreamy-faced, dreamy-time.

Ending with "dreamy": half-dreamy.

Albanian

tërheqës (absorbing, absorptive, adorable, alluring, appealing, attractable, attractive, catchy, charismatic, comely, cunning, cute, drawer, engaging, engrossing, enticing, fetching, interesting, inviting, jolly, likable, likeable, nice, personable, pleasing, pretty, showy, sightly, winsome), si në ëndërr (dreamily), që të vë në gjumë (drowsy), përgjumës, me ëndrra, i vagët, i turbullt (blank, cloudy, dim, dimmish, dull, dusky, feculent, foggy, indistinct, lax, misty, muddy, obscure, shadowy, thick, turbid, turbulent, vague, woozy), i mrekullueshëm (divine, elegant, excellent, fabulous, goluptious, goodly, gorgeous, heavenly, killing, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, nailing, nifty, peachy, prodigious, rare, ravishing, remarkable, slapping, spanking, striking, superior, transcendent, unusual, wonderful, wondrous), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), i ëmbël (dulcet, fresh, gentle, harmonious, kindly, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, soft, sugary, sweet, tender), ëndërrimtar (contemplative, daydreamer, illusionist, lotus eater, star gazer, utopian). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كثير الأحلام, ‏غامض (abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, deep, dim, double faced, enigmatic, evasive, fuzzy, grave, hazy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inscrutable, intangible, lax, magic, magical, misty, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque, puzzling, recondite, secret, shady, sketchy, slippery, sloppy, uncertain, unintelligible, vague, woolly), ‏حالم (dreamer, dreamt, faraway, moonstruck, starry eyed, visionary). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смътен (cloudy, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, misty, obscure, remote, shadowy, sneaking, unformed, vague), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, halcyon, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), неясен (abstruse, ambiguous, amorphous, blear, bleary, confused, crepuscular, dark, doubtful, dusk, fuzzy, hazy, illegible, inarticulate, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, intangible, involved, inward, loose, misty, muddy, muzzy, nebulous, obscure, pale, recondite, shadowy, soft, transcendental, ulterior, unclear, undecided, unformed, vague, vapory, vapoury, wan, woolly), мечтателен (meditative, visionary), замечтан (faraway, languishing, languorous, moony, pensive), прелестен (adorable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightsome, exquisite, fetching, lovely, sweet), призрачен (ghostly, phantasmal, shadowy, spectral, spooky, unearthly, unsubstantial, visionary). (various references)

Czech

zasnìný (faraway, lost in dreams). (various references)

Dutch

dromerig, mýmerig. (various references)

Farsi 

خیالی (Abstract, Bizarre, Brainchild, Image, Imaginary, Phantom, Poetic, Romantic, Unreal, Unrealistic, Visionary), خواب الود (Drowsy, Heavy, Sleepy, Somnolent, Soporific), رویاءی (Visionary). (various references)

Finnish

haavemielinen (sentimental), haaveellinen (fanciful, fantastic). (various references)

French

songeur, romanesque, rêveur (dreamer), ayant beaucoup de rêves. (various references)

German

verträumt (dreams away, faraway, moony, notional, sleepy), träumerisch (dreamful, wistful). (various references)

Hebrew 

חולמני (dreamer, sleepyhead). (various references)

Hungarian

álmodozó (daydreamer, dreamer, fantast, moping, musing, notional, to be in the clouds), álomszerű. (various references)

Italian

vago (dim, faint, hazy, indefinite, loose, nebulous, remote, undefined, undesignated, undetermined, vague), trasognato (moony), sognante (wistful), irreale (fanciful, unreal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

素敵 (beautiful, capital, cool, fantastic, great, lovely, superb), ドラ息子 (being pegged to the dollar, Dolby, Dolby surround, dolce, dolcissimo, Doline, doll, dollar, dollar clause, dollar peg, dollar shift, dollar shock, dollar shop, dollar usance, dolly, dolman sleeve, dolmen, dolphin kick, doria, Dorian, Dortmund, dream, dreamer, dreaming, dribble, drifter, drill, drink, drip coffee, driven, durian, lazy son, profligate son). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すてき (beautiful, capital, cool, fantastic, great, lovely, superb), ドリーミー . (various references)

Manx

branlaadagh (delirious, dreamy person, raver), ashlishagh (apocalyptic, visionary). (various references)

Norwegian

drømmende. (various references)

Pig Latin

eamydray.(various references)

Portuguese

devaneador (dreamlike), sonhador (abstracted, castle-builder, day-dreamer, dreamer, dreamlike, moony, star-gazer). (various references)

Romanian

plin de vise (dreamful). (various references)

Russian 

сказочный (fab, fabulous, fairytale), неясный (ambiguous, cloudy, dicey, dimmish, dubious, dull, esoteric, faint, indistinct, inexplicit, misty, muzzy, nebulous, obscure, recondite, shady, unaccounted-for, unarticulate, unarticulated, unclear), мечтательный (fanciful, faraway, starry eyed, starry-eyed, visionary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific), sanjalački (shadowy), pospan (drowsy, sleepy, somnolent), lep (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, fair, fine, goodly, handsome, nice, pretty, scenic, scenical). (various references)

Spanish

soñador (day dreamer, day-dreaming, dispenser, dormouse, dreamer). (various references)

Swedish

drömsk (moony), drömmande (far off, faraway), svärmisk (quixotic), obestämd (airy, fluid, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, intangible, obscure, uncertain, undecided, undetermined), frånvarande (absent, absent minded, absentee, absently, far off, faraway, preoccupied). (various references)

Thai

ช่างฝัน, ราบเรียบ (level). (various references)

Turkish

dalgın (absent, absent minded, abstracted, deep, distrait, engrossed, far away, far off, faraway, glassy, lost, meditative, moony, pensive, plunged in thought, preoccupied, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, self-absorbed, stargazer, thoughtful, unheedful, vacant, vacuous, vague, wandering, wistful, woolgathering), romantik (escapist, poet, poetic, poetical, romanesque, romantic, romanticist, starry eyed), rüya gibi (dreaming, dreamlike), rüya dolu, olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), hayalperest (day dreamer, dreamer, escapist, fanciful, illusionist, imaginative, notional, quixotic, stargazer, vaporous, visionary), hayal meyal (dreaming, fuzzy, indistinct, indistinctly, misty, shadowy, vague), belli belirsiz (dreaming, faint, hardly visible, imperceptible, indistinct, indistinctly, insensible, nebulous, nebulously, shadowy, slight, slightly, soft, tentative, vaguely). (various references)

Ukrainian

мрійний (visionary), примарний (apparitional, dreamlike, elfish, elvish, ghastly, ghostly, illusive, illusory, phantasmal, spectral, spooky, visional). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lờ mờ (adumbration, dim, dubious, dusty, indeterminate, indistinct, vague), không thực tế (illusory, impractical, romantic, theoretic, theoretical, unpractical, unreal), kỳ ảo mơ hồ, hay mơ mộng vẩn vơ, hay mơ màng, hão huyền như trong giấc mơ. (various references)

Welsh

breuddwydiol (dreaming). (various references)

Misspellings

"Dreamy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deany, dermy, dready, dreame, dreamie, dreamly, drean, dreay, dreazy, dreem, dreema, drema, dremyth, Ormeay, remay, trigamy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: armed, deary, deray, derma, dream, madre, mayed, rayed, ready.

-2 letters: aery, army, dame, dare, dear, demy, derm, dram, dray, dyer, emyd, eyra, made, mare, mead, read, ream, yard, yare, year.

-3 letters: are, arm, aye, dam, day, dey, dry, dye, ear, era, mad, mae, mar, may, med, rad, ram, ray, red, rem, rya, rye.

+1 letter: daymare, dramedy, draymen, midyear, yardmen.

+2 letters: dairymen, daydream, daymares, dreamily, markedly, martyred, midyears, pyoderma, yammered.

+3 letters: comradely, comradery, daydreams, daydreamt, democracy, diathermy, doomsayer, dromedary, dynamiter, makeready, mediatory, medullary, mydriases, pachyderm, pyodermas, pyramided, readymade, taxidermy, zemindary.

+4 letters: acidimetry, acrylamide, amendatory, audiometry, commandery, daydreamed, daydreamer, defamatory, demography, doomsayers, doomsdayer, dreamfully, dynamiters, gendarmery, hypermedia, hypodermal, immoderacy, laundrymen, lumberyard, martyrized, measuredly, moderately, pachyderms, radiometry, readymades, remedially, yardmaster.