ghostly
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡoʊstli/
Adjective

ghostly (comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest)

  1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
    a ghostly figure with a hood
    The graveyard was haunted by a ghostly figure of a young girl.
    The ghostly moaning was heard from upstairs.
  2. Spooky; frightening.
    A ghostly hush fell.
  3. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
    a ghostly confessor
    • , Book of Common Prayer
      Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
    • one of the ghostly children of St. Jerome
Synonyms Translations
  • French: fantomatique
  • Italian: spettrale, fantasmatico, spiritico
  • Portuguese: fantasmagórico
  • Russian: при́зрачный
  • Spanish: fantasmal
Translations
  • Portuguese: fantasmagórico



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