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ghostly::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparitional, ghostlike, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual |
| Derivation | ghost, ghostliness |
a ghostly face at the window.
Examples of ghostly
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Three mysteries of modern cosmology could be wrapped up in one ghostly presence.
From the newscientist.com
Proust-buff Saint-Laurent is more ghostly presence than the subject of the film.
From the bostonherald.com
It begins in a cemetery, with a ghostly figure materialising in front of a tomb.
From the guardian.co.uk
Much of the 200 acres are overgrown with vegetation, giving them a ghostly feel.
From the bostonherald.com
They learned about the ghostly, paranormal effect Gettysburg has on many people.
From the timesunion.com
Occupancy rates have plummeted along the ghostly boulevard of beachfront hotels.
From the thenewstribune.com
This world glows with a ghostly light, given off by its shroud of ionised gases.
From the newscientist.com
She is routinely taunted not only for her ghostly skin color but for her origins.
From the sacbee.com
I can also just make out the ghostly snows of Mt Storsteinen and its cable car.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
- Apparitional: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
- (ghost) a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- (ghost) move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
- (ghost) ghostwriter: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- (ghost) haunt: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
- (ghost) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- In folklore, fiction, philosophy, and popular culture, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person, taken to be capable of appearing in visible form or otherwise manifesting itself to the living. ...
- (Ghost (2004 band)) GHOST was a visual kei rock band from Japan. They started activity in 2004, and changed lineup several times. Their sound is often described as melodic, but they also have elements of hard rock and gothic rock. They disbanded in 2007 after the departure of guitarist Hisui.
- (Ghost (band)) Ghost is an experimental rock group formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1984.
