Local English word record

ghostlike

adjective · 1 sense

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

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Examples

  • a ghostly face at the window
  • a phantasmal presence in the room
  • spectral emanations
  • spiritual tappings at a seance

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Synonyms

apparitional, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual

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