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Synonyms for dreaminess
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dree-mee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdri mi |
Top 10 synonyms for dreaminess
- absent-mindedness
- absentmindedness
- absorption
- abstraction
- amnesia
- blackout
- blank
- blockout
- break
- breather
- breathing space
- brown study
- calm
- calmness
- castle-building
- castles in the air
- cessation
- coffee break
- coldness
- comfort
- composure
- coolness
- cutoff
- daydreaming
- detachment
- dilatoriness
- disinterestedness
- disregard
- distance
- distraction
- do-nothingness
- dormancy
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- dreaming
- drowsiness
- dullness
- ease
- faineance
- faineancy
- fool's paradise
- forgetfulness
- forty winks
- fugue
- halt
- head trip
- heaviness
- heedlessness
- holiday
- hush
- hypomnesia
- idleness
- impartiality
- inactivity
- inadvertence
- inattention
- incuriosity
- indifference
- indolence
- inertness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- lackadaisicalness
- languidness
- languorousness
- lapse of memory
- laxness
- leadenness
- leisure
- leisureliness
- Lethe
- letup
- limbo
- listlessness
- loss of memory
- lull
- mind trip
- motionlessness
- muse
- musing
- nap
- neglect
- neglectfulness
- neutrality
- nirvana
- nonpartisanship
- objectivity
- oblivion
- obliviousness
- otioseness
- otiosity
- paramnesia
- passivity
- pause
- peace
- pensiveness
- phantasy
- pipe dream
- preoccupation
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- remissness
- repose
- repression
- respite
- reverie
- shiftlessness
- short memory
- siesta
- silence
- slackness
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slowness
- sluggardness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stolidity
- stop
- study
- supineness
- suppression
- tardiness
- thought
- time off
- torpescence
- torpidness
- trance
- tranquillity
- trip
- unconcern
- vacation
- weariness
- woolgathering
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for dreaminess
- action
- activity
- advance
- agitation
- attachment
- attention
- attentiveness
- awakening
- base
- beginning
- bias
- busyness
- clamor
- combination
- compassion
- concern
- connection
- consciousness
- continuation
- core
- diligence
- distress
- disturbance
- employment
- energy
- go
- hard work
- heed
- hurt
- industriousness
- industry
- injury
- interest
- kindness
- labor
- life
- linkage
- liveliness
- merger
- mindfulness
- nightmare
- noise
- regard
- remembering
- respect
- start
- sympathy
- upset
- vigor
- wakefulness
- work
- worry
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