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ghostly

(goʊstli)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Something that is ghostly seems unreal or unnatural and may be frightening because of this.
The moon shone, shedding a ghostly light on the fields.
...Sonia's ghostly laughter.
Synonyms: unearthly, weird, phantom, eerie More Synonyms of ghostly
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A ghostly presence is the ghost or spirit of a dead person.
...the ghostly presences which haunt these islands.
Charles is haunted by ghostly children.

ghostly in British English

(ˈɡəʊstlɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -lier or -liest
1. 
of or resembling a ghost; spectral
a ghostly face appeared at the window
2. 
suggesting the presence of ghosts; eerie
3.  archaic
of or relating to the soul or spirit
Derived forms
ghostliness (ˈghostliness)
noun

ghostly in American English

(ˈgoʊstli)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈghostlier or ˈghostliest
1. 
of, like, or characteristic of a ghost; spectral
2.  Rare
having to do with the soul or religion; spiritual
Derived forms
ghostliness (ˈghostliness)
noun
Word origin
ME gostlich < OE gastlic, spiritual, spectral

Examples of 'ghostly' in a sentence
ghostly

The lake was ghostly white and deserted as a solitary horse roared down the straight.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The next thing she recalls is waking up surrounded by ghostly figures.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
During the recent cold snap my fingers turned ghostly white.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This can result in anything from a grazed knee and wounded pride to a roadside memorial bike painted ghostly white.
The Sun (2009)
Suddenly seeing a turtle emerge out of the deep blue like a ghostly figure is eerie and amazing in equal measure.
The Sun (2012)
The figure of a ghostly old woman dressed in a white dress and cape has appeared beside a hollow in the road.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is a terrible, ghostly image of corrosive stasis.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He remains a ghostly presence in the movie, made manifest only as the final credits roll.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
He got extreme Ouija board readings and ghostly images in photos of the site.
The Sun (2011)
Click on its ghostly image and you'll be redirected elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His face turned ghostly white - he got the shock of his life.
The Sun (2009)
Her face was ghostly white, like porcelain.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There's a ghostly figure screaming a horrible noise right in my face.
The Sun (2008)
At dusk, it passes as a ghostly white shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Talk the nightmare through with your girlfriend, imagining what the screaming ghostly figure is saying.
The Sun (2008)
On a walk along their favourite beach, his character sees a ghostly apparition and the haunting begins.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is a ghostly white.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is less action in the book and I brought in his brother as a ghostly presence.
The Sun (2015)
But while the mysterious circumstances of the tragedy keep on adding up, the ghostly presence of her partner seems intent on having his say.
The Sun (2012)
Then, when the final image is produced, there will be a ghostly image produced.
The Sun (2015)
This time we're in a suburban grammar school that's under threat from a ghostly presence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Missing two fingers, probably due to frostbite, the image conjures the feel of his ghostly presence.
Colin Beavan FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (2002)

In other languages
ghostly

British English: ghostly ADJECTIVE
Something that is ghostly seems unreal or unnatural and may be frightening because of this.
The moon shone, shedding a ghostly light on the fields.
  • American English: ghostly
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fantasmal
  • Chinese: 怪异得令人可怕的
  • European Spanish: fantasmal
  • French: fantomatique
  • German: gespenstisch
  • Italian: spettrale
  • Japanese: 非現実的な
  • Korean: 유령 같은
  • European Portuguese: fantasmal
  • Latin American Spanish: fantasmal

(adjective) 
Definition
frightening in appearance or effect
The moon shed a ghostly light on the fields.
Synonyms
unearthly
The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly.
weird
I had such a weird dream last night.
phantom
eerie
An eerie silence settled over the forest.
supernatural
evil spirits who looked like humans and possessed supernatural powers
uncanny
I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me.
spooky (informal)
The whole place had a slightly spooky atmosphere.
spectral
the spectral quality of the light
eldritch (poetic)
ghostlike
phantasmal
wraithlike

Additional synonyms

in the sense of eerie
Definition
strange and frightening
An eerie silence settled over the forest.
Synonyms
uncanny,
strange,
frightening,
ghostly,
weird,
mysterious,
scary (informal),
sinister,
uneasy,
fearful,
awesome,
unearthly,
supernatural,
unnatural,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
spectral,
eldritch (poetic),
preternatural
in the sense of phantasmal
Synonyms
ghostly,
shadowy,
spectral,
ghostlike,
wraithlike,
phantomlike
in the sense of spectral
the spectral quality of the light
Synonyms
ghostly,
unearthly,
eerie,
supernatural,
weird,
phantom,
shadowy,
uncanny,
spooky (informal),
insubstantial,
incorporeal,
wraithlike

Nearby words of
ghostly

  • gewgaw
  • ghastly
  • ghost
  • ghostly
  • ghoulish
  • giant
  • gibber

Synonyms of 'ghostly'

ghostly

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of spooky
The whole place had a slightly spooky atmosphere.
Synonyms
eerie,
frightening,
chilling,
ghostly,
weird,
mysterious,
scary (informal),
unearthly,
supernatural,
uncanny,
creepy (informal),
spine-chilling
in the sense of supernatural
Definition
of or relating to things that cannot be explained by science, such as clairvoyance, ghosts, etc.
evil spirits who looked like humans and possessed supernatural powers
Synonyms
paranormal,
mysterious,
unearthly,
uncanny,
dark,
hidden,
ghostly,
psychic,
phantom,
abnormal,
mystic,
miraculous,
unnatural,
occult,
spectral,
preternatural,
supranatural
in the sense of uncanny
Definition
weird or mysterious
I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me.
Synonyms
weird,
strange,
mysterious,
queer (archaic),
unearthly,
eerie,
supernatural,
unnatural,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
eldritch (poetic),
preternatural
in the sense of weird
Definition
suggestive of the supernatural
I had such a weird dream last night.
Synonyms
strange,
odd,
unusual,
bizarre,
ghostly,
mysterious,
queer (archaic),
unearthly,
eerie,
grotesque,
supernatural,
unnatural,
far-out (slang),
uncanny,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
eldritch (poetic)
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