Hallucinate – Hear, see, or smell something that does not exist
(Pronounced ha-loo-sin-ate)
REMEMBER MEANING OF HALLUCINATE
Hallucinate means to hear, see, or smell something that doesn't exist typically as a result of a mental disorder or taking drugs.
To remember the definition of the word hallucinate, use the following mnemonic:
Ha! Lose your mate (hallucinate) did you? More like she didn't exist in the first place.
Examples of hallucinate in a sentence
After three nights of sleeplessness, I began to hallucinate uncontrollably.
She found herself lost and alone in the forest, and wondered if she had been hallucinating.
The cocktail of drugs and alcohol left her paranoid and irrational, hallucinating strange and terrifying creatures.
