Alice-in-Wonderland

adjective

Definition of Alice-in-Wonderlandnext
as in nightmarish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Alice-in-Wonderland
  1. nightmarish
  2. ridiculous
  3. farcical
  4. surreal
  5. Kafkaesque
  6. ludicrous
  7. dreamlike
  8. laughable
Adjective
  • Maddie and Avery moved back from New York to help out as their mother tried to keep Little Flower going while dealing with dislocation and a nightmarish battle with her insurance company.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There's little parking at the Coliseum, meaning fans are forced into a nightmarish hellscape of distant structures, and the security lines are infamously awful at an old stadium.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of nightmarish
Adjective
  • The student also claimed to have only brought the knife to school to play a game with his friends with the goal being to see who could sneak the most ridiculous item on campus.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • What are the odds that the same team could both win and lose thoroughly ridiculous 10-9 games in the same week?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of ridiculous
Adjective
  • This deliciously farcical film adaptation features an all-star cast.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Forget about insulating young players The notion of insulating young players at the NHL level has always seemed a bit farcical.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of farcical
Adjective
  • The Hanna-Barbera cat and mouse — formerly a throwaway bunch of cartoons, now a ‘franchise’ — are all about triflingly menial disputes taken to absurd heights, leading to surreal sight gags and baroque violence.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The issue lingered late into the week, including the surreal spectacle of the SEC battling LSU in multiple courtrooms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • For the average soccer fan, the quest for 2026 World Cup tickets started last year when FIFA opened its Kafkaesque lottery system.
    — Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 5 June 2026
  • Much of the book hovers on the edge of reality before diving into moments of Kafkaesque disorder.
    — Via Catapult, Literary Hub, 5 June 2026
Definition of Kafkaesque
Adjective
  • Then right after was a meeting with a young woman who’s made one movie and has a script that’s ludicrous.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Ycharts But despite ludicrous prices in the likes of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) and Crowdstrike Holdings (CRWD), the sector as a whole is starting to look more reasonable.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ludicrous
Adjective
  • The cover art sets it up perfectly, a dreamlike subterfuge that transforms the Villarreals into mythological Greek heroines.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • They’re best understood, though, not as genuine bets on our future, but as dreamlike unleashings of present-day fear over the blind volatility of the moment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreamlike
Adjective
  • Coyote first hoodwinks and then forces Kevin into his lawsuit plans, taking Acme to task in a way the corporation, confident in its imperviousness, finds laughable.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Track Pants Inspired by Jennifer Lawrence My closet has become laughable, and the fault lies with Jennifer Lawrence.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of laughable
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