She looked ghostly.
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Ghostly
//ˈɡoʊstli//
Synonyms for "ghostly" (131 found)
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Adjective(21 words)
dismayfuldreadfuleldritchfearfulflaysomeflesh-crawlingformidablefreakyfrighteningfrightensomefrightfulghostishghostlikegrislyhair-curlinghair-raisinghorriblehorridhorrifichorrifying
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9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 22 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- ভৌতিক adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Bulgarian
3 entries- плашещ adj (spooky, frightening)
- призрачен adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- призрачен adj (spooky, frightening)
Catalan
1 entries- fantasmal adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Esperanto
1 entries- fantoma adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Estonian
1 entries- tontlik adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Finnish
1 entries- aavemainen adj (pertaining to ghosts)
French
1 entries- fantomatique adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Georgian
3 entries- აჩრდილისებრი adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- ლანდისებრი adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- სულიერი adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Greek
3 entries- άυλος adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- πνευματικός adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- στοιχειωμένος adj (spooky, frightening)
Hindi
2 entries- भुतहा adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- भुतहा adj (spooky, frightening)
Hungarian
1 entries- kísérteties adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Icelandic
1 entries- draugalegur adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Irish
2 entries- taibhsiúil adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- taibhsiúil adj (spooky, frightening)
Italian
3 entries- fantasmatico adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- spettrale adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- spiritico adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Korean
1 entries- 유령의 adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Latin
2 entries- phantasmalis adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- spectralis adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Middle English
1 entries- gostly adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Polish
2 entries- widmowy adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- zmorowaty adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Portuguese
2 entries- fantasmagórico adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- fantasmagórico adj (spooky, frightening)
Russian
1 entries- при́зрачный adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- taibhseil adj (pertaining to ghosts)
- taibhseil adj (spooky, frightening)
Spanish
1 entries- fantasmal adj (pertaining to ghosts)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Yanni's skin was ghostly pale.
Source: tatoeba (10030254)
On calm, clear days, stars and auroras cast green and white light downwards with such intensity that I can occasionally see my shadow and the forms and curves of the ice cap — everything bathed in ghostly colors, the auras of a cold, harsh and indifferent world.
Source: tatoeba (11361699)
At the ruined altar ghostly priests officiated, passing quietly from side to side, with bows and genuflections.
Source: tatoeba (11653467)
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