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seeing things
seeing things
imagining that one sees someone or something that is not there. Lisa says that she saw a ghost, but she was just seeing things. I thought I was seeing things when Bill walked into the room. Someone had told me he was dead.
seeing things
Experiencing hallucinations or delusions, as in I thought I saw my father, but I must have been seeing things; he died twenty years ago . [First half of 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Elnur | | - | Azerbaijani |
| Alda (1) | | - | Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Germanic |
| Fadia | | - | Arabic |
| Bradford | | BRAD-fərd | English |
| Leandra | | le-AHN-drah (Spanish) | Portuguese, Spanish, Italian |
| Rouben | | - | Biblical Greek, Armenian |