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say it: sahy-kuh-DEL-ik
psychedelic is an adjective meaning "producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis". It carries 3 recorded senses.
producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
“psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline”
having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
“a psychedelic painting”
(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
“a psychedelic experience”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for psychedelic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.