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ghostly
adjective
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How to pronounce ghostly:

Definition of ghostly:

ghostly (adjective):
frightening in appearance or effect
of or relating to the soul spiritual
resembling or characteristic of a phantom.

Synonyms for ghostly:

apparitional
dead
deadly
eerie
eldritch
ghostlike
mortal
murderous
phantasmal
phantom
spectral
spiritual
spooky
supernatural
uncanny
unearthly
weird
wraithlike

Antonyms for ghostly:

acceptable
earthly
mundane
natural
normal
physical
reassuring
usual

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