[
UK
/ɡˈəʊstlaɪk/
]
[ US /ˈɡoʊstˌɫaɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈɡoʊstˌɫaɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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resembling or characteristic of a phantom
spiritual tappings at a seance
a ghostly face at the window
spectral emanations
a phantasmal presence in the room
How To Use ghostlike In A Sentence
- The most notable feature of this object was its ghostlike nature.
- A contrasting highlight will be a magical painting from 1963 by French Pop master Martial Raysse depicting a ghostlike portrait of a woman, with a pink face and a powder puff over one eye, emerging from a psychedelic green-and-blue background estimate: £350,000-£450,000. A Frenzy of Contemporary Art
- It's the counterpart of the physical body. A ghostlike configuration made of pure energy.
- He took a bunch of pictures with it, and sure enough, they too look as metallically eerie and ghostlike as if they'd been lost in archives for a century.
- The fog totally disappeared as ghostlike shadows of people began to reappear.
- He peered at the ghostlike form, with long black hair and eyes golden-green.
- Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth; out of the dust your speech will whisper.
- Scenes in the film show pristine cherry blossoms, wrecked cemeteries and ghostlike policemen searching for corpses. Three Ways of Looking at a Disaster
- Of course, the existence of these ghostlike entities entirely depends on character perspective, and the story does tend to go on and on for a while. Sparklers : Bev Vincent
- The magnificent white horse slowed to a gallop, then a trot, and the unknown Elf rider moved to the front of the line at a slow, almost ghostlike pace.