Antonyms for dreaminess

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dree-mee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdri mi

Definition of dreaminess

Origin : 1560s, "full of dreams," from dream + -y (2). Meaning "perfect, ideal," attested from 1941, American English teen slang. Cf. dreamboat "romantically desirable person;" dream girl (1903).

As in laziness : noun unwillingness to work, be active
As in absent-mindedness : noun preoccupation
As in rest : noun inactivity
As in reverie : noun daydream
As in inattention : noun heedlessness
As in bemusement : noun absent-mindedness
As in remoteness : noun detachment
As in shiftlessness : noun laziness
As in slothfulness : noun laziness
As in sluggardness : noun laziness
As in detachment : noun aloofness
As in forgetfulness : noun consistent inability to remember

Example sentences :

It had dreaminess in it, intense attention, and something like sternness.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Her eyes were soft and limpid, and they held an expression of dreaminess in their depths.
Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill

By his mother and sisters, for instance, his dreaminess was constantly noted.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

The English girl's eyes had in them now less of dreaminess, and more of thought.
Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver

She must have infected me with her dreaminess, for I, too, read nothing and just dreamed.
Extract from : « The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories » by Anton Tchekoff

It all appeals to the warmth, color, and dreaminess in your happy imagination.
Extract from : « Fil and Filippa » by John Stuart Thomson

I felt a numbness of body and mind—a dreaminess of sensation but this was all.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Hugo packed his bags one September afternoon, with a feeling of dreaminess.
Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie

For with his German dreaminess he united a truly Spanish fanaticism.
Extract from : « The Story of the Nations: Portugal » by H. Morse Stephens

"It was an accident," said Patty, coming back out of her dreaminess.
Extract from : « The Making of Mona » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for dreaminess

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