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fantastic collapse: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"; exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenaRl feats of memory"; extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"; existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance"

fantasy collapse: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"; indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

around collapse: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"; by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"; in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"; to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

Gothic collapse: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches; a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas; characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"; of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"; of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"; characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

knell collapse: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something; ring as in announcing death

extinction collapse: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"; a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"; the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"; no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"

idealization collapse: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

fanciful collapse: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"; having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"; not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

dissolving collapse: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"; causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the solvent"

frustration collapse: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts; a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"; the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

myth collapse: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

conceit collapse: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"; a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"; an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

incidentally collapse: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

delirium collapse: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

on the way collapse: on a route to some place; "help is on the way"; "we saw him on the way to California"

kink collapse: a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out"; an eccentric idea; a person with unusual sexual tastes; a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

craze collapse: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface; state of violent mental agitation; develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"

apparition collapse: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"; something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"; the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"; a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

by the way collapse: introducing a different topic; "by the way, I won't go to the party"

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

prank collapse: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"; dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"

overdress collapse: dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"

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