Definition of psychedelic

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