Dictionary Check: psychedelic

"psychedelic" is a valid word!

Scrabble 24 points
Words with Friends 26 points

Definition

adjective

producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis

Example: "psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline"
adjective

having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states

Example: "a psychedelic painting"
adjective

(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair

Example: "a psychedelic experience"

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