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atmospheric

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk//
  • United Kingdom//ˌatməsˈfɛɹɪk//
  • Australia//ˌætməsˈfeɹɪk//
  • New Zealand//ˌɛtməsˈfeɹək//
  • Scotland//ˌatməsˈfɛɾɪk//

Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.

    atmospheric phenomena

  2. 2

    Translucent or hazy.

  3. 3

    Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.

    a dark atmospheric thriller

    atmospheric concert

Etymology

Etymology tree English atmospher(e) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atmospheric From atmospher(e) + -ic.

Forms

comparative
more atmospheric
superlative
most atmospheric
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).