hallucinate
1 of 1verb/həˈlusəneɪt/
Forms:hallucinates,hallucinating,hallucinated,hallucinated
1
to see or experience something that is not present or real, often involving vivid and imagined sensations
- In extreme fatigue, people may begin to hallucinate and see things that aren't there.
- Certain medications can cause individuals to hallucinate and have unusual sensory experiences.
- He claimed to have been so thirsty in the desert that he started to hallucinate mirages.
- After the accident, he hallucinated strange shapes and colors as a result of the head injury.
- In the dark room, he began hallucinating shadows and shapes that weren't actually there.