Illusory
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

OFF
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

OUT
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

4 letters

AIRY
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"

AWRY
Turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

WIDE
Very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

5 letters

AMISS
In an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

ASKEW
Turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

FISHY
Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

IDEAL
The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

WINDY
Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"

WRONG
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

FALSE
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"

EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

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FAULTY
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"

FLAWED
Having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond"; "an irregular pair of jeans"

MIRAGE
Something illusory and unattainable

SUBTLE
Able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"

TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

UNTRUE
Not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"

UNREAL

UNREAL
Contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

ABROAD
In a place across an ocean

ADRIFT
Afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"

ALLOFF

ASTRAY
Away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray"

CATCHY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

DREAMY
Dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"

ERRANT
Straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

7 letters

PHANTOM
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

ASSUMED
Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

ATFAULT
Deserving blame; "admitted to being at fault"

CIRCEAN

DUBIOUS
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

CORRUPT
Alter from the original

DEVIANT
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

FANCIED
Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"

FATUOUS
Devoid of intelligence

FICTIVE
Capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent"

GASEOUS
Existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"

NOTREAL

NOTTRUE

PECCANT
Liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott

SEEMING
Appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

SHADOWY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

SUBTILE

TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

TRICKSY
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

8 letters

ABERRANT
One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

AIRBUILT

ALLWRONG

APPARENT
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

FANCIFUL
Having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"

ETHEREAL
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

DELUSORY
Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"

DELUSIVE
Inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

CHIMERIC
Being or relating to or like a chimera; "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush

CHARMING
Pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"

AUTISTIC
Characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"

WITCHING
The use or practice of witchcraft

VISIONAL

VAPOROUS
Filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"

UNPROVED
Not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

UNACTUAL

TRICKISH

STRAYING
Unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep"

SPECTRAL
Resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

SPECIOUS
Plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

ROMANTIC
A soulful or amorous idealist

RAREFIED
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

PROBABLE
An applicant likely to be chosen

PERVERSE
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

NOTIONAL
Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"

NOTRIGHT

IMAGINED

MISTAKEN
Arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

ILLUSIVE
Based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

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DECEPTIVE
Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"

VISIONARY
A person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

UNFOUNDED
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

UNFACTUAL

PERVERTED
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

IMAGINARY
Not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

ILLOGICAL
Lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

HETERODOX
Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

HERETICAL
Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

GOSSAMERY

GLAMOROUS
Having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars"

FICTIONAL
Related to or involving literary fiction; "clever fictional devices"; "a fictional treatment of the train robbery"

FATUITOUS

FANTASTIC
Extraordinarily good or great ; 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"

ERRONEOUS
Containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"

DREAMLIKE
Resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"

FAULTIFUL

DISTORTED
So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"

DEVIATIVE

DEREISTIC

DEFECTIVE
Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"

DECEIVING

BEGUILING
Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"

BARMECIDE