HyperDic: ghostly

English > 1 sense of the word *ghostly*:
ADJECTIVE	all	ghostly, apparitional, ghostlike, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual	resembling or characteristic of a phantom

ghostly > pronunciation
Sounds	gow'stliy
Rhymes	ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy...

English > *ghostly*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
Example	"a ghostly face at the window"
Synonyms	apparitional, ghostlike, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
Broader	supernatural	not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws
Spanish	fantasmal
Nouns	ghost	the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Nouns	ghostliness	strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear