spacey
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Definition of spacey
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Synonyms & Antonyms for spacey
Synonyms
addle, addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dizzy, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out
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At the film’s best, the director uses his dreamy, fragmented narrative approach to reflect the disjointed state of his protagonist, who’s always slightly spacey, because the most important part of him is stuck in the past. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Danny Huston’s ‘The Last Photograph’; plus ‘Boy Genius,’ ‘The Whistler’ and more," 5 Sep. 2019 May is not just any rocker with an opinion about spacey stuff, either. — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, "Alabama-born ‘Pluto killer’ back in battle over planet’s ‘demotion’," 2 Sep. 2019 Some spacey, five-out small ball could be in the mix—which is exactly where Watford could especially shine. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "Trendon Watford Was an Important Score for LSU Both On and Off the Court," 19 Aug. 2019 Instead, the classic stoner had a sweet, perpetually spacey aura read only one way. — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Commentary: Smell that? Why the new cannabis culture stinks," 25 July 2019 Like Donovan, Mac does some spacey slow note-bending guitar work. — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, "My Vinyl Countdown gets a sweet tooth looking at the No. 1 song in 1969," 4 Aug. 2019 The 30-year-old has become a cross-genre star whose emotional, clever lyrics and inventive style blending country with electronic, disco and spacey pop sounds has earned her plenty of new fans. — USA TODAY, "Kacey Musgraves, sneaker flap, skiing in July: News from around our 50 states," 3 July 2019 But these old songs were made new, thanks to Dylan’s obvious passion for them and an odd brew of musical voices in the band: Ronson’s spacey glam-rock guitar licks, Dave Mansfield’s folky pedal steel, and Rivera’s gypsy violin lines. — David Remnick, The New Yorker, "The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue," 10 June 2019 Albarn asked the crowd to guess who the featured artist was on the track before diving into the spacey, synth-laden cut that later revealed veteran West Coast MC Snoop Dogg as the featured artist on the track. — Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, "Gorillaz Debut New Snoop Dogg-Assisted Track 'Hollywood' During Concert in Chile," 29 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spacey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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