unreal

• Usado no inglês americano para descrever algo extremamente impressionante ou surpreendente, muitas vezes inacreditável. Também pode indicar algo que não é real ou que parece irreal.

Used in American English to describe something as extremely impressive or amazing, often beyond belief.

1. Not real or imaginaryB2formal

   Lacking reality or substance; not corresponding to actual facts or criteria.

   Irreal

   • The events in the dream felt completely unreal.
   • His claims about the incident were entirely unreal.
   • The special effects made the scene look unreal.

   Sinônimoschimericalfalsefictionalfictitiousillusoryimaginarymade-upnonexistentphantomunrealistic

   Antônimosactualgenuinerealsubstantialtrue

2. B2formal

   Seeming fanciful or imaginary; not actually existing in reality.

   Fantástico ou imaginário

   • The landscape was so beautiful it seemed unreal.
   • She described an unreal world of magic and wonder.
   • The coincidence was so strange it felt unreal.

   Sinônimoschimericaldreamlikefancifulfantasticillusoryimaginarymythicalvisionary

   Antônimosactualgenuinerealtrue

3. Artificial or contrivedB2formal

   Created by art or human effort rather than occurring naturally.

   Artificial

   • The flowers in the arrangement looked unreal, as if made of silk.
   • The texture of the material felt unreal and synthetic.
   • The painting depicted an unreal, idealized version of nature.

   Sinônimosartificialcontrivedfabricatedfakeman-mademanufacturedsyntheticunnatural

   Antônimosauthenticgenuinenaturalreal

4. Lacking material formC1formal

   Having no physical or material substance; abstract or intangible.

   irreal

   • The concept of time is unreal in a purely physical sense.
   • Emotions are unreal in that they cannot be touched or measured.
   • The philosopher argued that the material world is unreal.

   Sinônimosabstractbodilessetherealformlessimmaterialincorporealinsubstantialintangiblenonphysicalspiritual

   Antônimosconcretematerialrealsubstantialtangible