Definitions of psychedelic:

  • adjective:   producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
    Example: "Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline"
  • adjective:   of a mental state characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
    Example: "A psychedelic experience"
  • adjective:   having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
    Example: "A psychedelic painting"