GHOSTLY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

ghostly

adjective

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as in spectral

of or relating to a ghost A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.

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Recent Examples of ghostly Pettit’s Milky Way shot shows the curve of Earth below and the ghostly splash of the Milky Way framed by the oval Dragon window. —

Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Once day Onesti witnessed a terrible ghostly tableau; a young woman who had declined the love of a knight was hunted down by the knight and killed daily at a particular spot. —

Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 Many years in the distant future, after a devastating war reshaped the entire globe, a queen sends Gray into the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, where the laws of nature don't apply. —

EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025 Also noteworthy is the island’s caliche forest, a ghostly collection of calcified prehistoric plants. —

Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ghostly