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phantasmal::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral, spiritual |
| Derivation | phantasma |
a phantasmal presence in the room.
Examples of phantasmal
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Phantasmal shapes arose and shifted and disappeared in the swirling whiteness.
From the orlandosentinel.com
She had taken on the stricken phantasmal look of a ghost from a shipwreck.
From the cnn.com
Now, Italian justice may be as phantasmal as an American kangaroo, but this is just absurd.
From the scienceblogs.com
It relies heavily on distant, phantasmal cuts.
From the newsweek.com
Munch, by turns, looks ghostly, phantasmal, haunted.
From the economist.com
Mounted 15 or 20 inches from the wall, the disks are lit by four small spotlights, which cast phantasmal shadows on the wall behind.
From the time.com
It is not free-form or phantasmal.
From the nytimes.com
His works are often set in the childhood worlds of toys and storybooks and in that familiar, phantasmal place between waking and sleeping.
From the guardian.co.uk
For all the phantasmal effects of its staging, it is a dense work, and you may find yourself sorting through lines and images later in a way you seldom do after a more conventional full-length play.
From the theater.nytimes.com
- 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"
- Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms; Eerie or frightening; Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy
