Synonyms for mirage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mi-rahzh

Phonetic Transcription : mɪˈrɑʒ

Définition of mirage

Origin : "optical illusion of water in sandy deserts," 1812, from French mirage, from se mirer "to be reflected," from Latin mirare (see mirror). Or the French word is from Latin mirus "wonderful" (see miracle).

noun imaginary vision

Example sentences :

All these things shimmered and flickered and wavered in the mirage of noon.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

You are no delusion—no mirage, but Rima, like no other being on earth.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

I've often seen the mirage, generally about dark, far out on the western plains.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

They stretch forth their hands to gather the mirage into their bosom.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

"A dream," he thought, "a mirage of the mind;" and he compelled himself to go up.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Hopefully, he suggested, "A mirage or sort of a mutual hallucination?"
Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt

Decoyed by a mirage, he had gone too far—so far that there was no going back.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

Her form was only a mirage of desire decoying one step by step into despair.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

The mirage in Mesopotamia does not so much hide as distort the truth.
Extract from : « With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia » by One of its Officer

The thought of it now was like a green oasis in the desert; but it was a mirage, only a mirage!
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

Antonyms for mirage

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