Ghostlike — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈoʊstlaɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈəʊstlaɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈəʊstlaɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈoʊstlaɪk/.

Examples

a ghostly face at the window
a phantasmal presence in the room
spectral emanations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

spiritual ghostly phantasmal spectral apparitional

Parts of Speech

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

“a ghostly face at the window”

Word Forms

ghost	noun	the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
ghostliness	noun	strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
phantasma	noun	a ghostly appearing figure
spirit	noun	any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

geisterhaft

einem Phantom ähneln oder für dieses charakteristisch sein

🇫🇷French

fantomatique

ressemblant ou caractéristique à un fantôme

🇪🇸Spanish

fantasmal

parecido o característico de un fantasma

🇮🇹Italian

spettrale

somigliante o caratteristico di un fantasma

🇳🇱Dutch

spookachtig

die lijkt op of kenmerkend is voor een fantoom

🇵🇹Portuguese

fantasmagórico

semelhante ou característico de um fantasma

🇷🇺Russian

призрачный

напоминающий или характерный для призрака

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भूत जैसा

किसी प्रेत से मिलता-जुलता या उसकी विशेषता

🇧🇩Bengali

ভূতের মত

একটি ফ্যান্টমের অনুরূপ বা বৈশিষ্ট্য

🇮🇳Tamil

பேய் போன்ற

ஒரு பாண்டம் போன்ற அல்லது பண்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

దయ్యం లాంటిది

ఫాంటమ్‌ను పోలిన లేదా లక్షణం

🇮🇳Marathi

भुतासारखा

फॅन्टमसारखे किंवा वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભૂત જેવું

ફેન્ટમની સામ્યતા અથવા લાક્ષણિકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭೂತದಂತಹ

ಫ್ಯಾಂಟಮ್ ಅನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ಅಥವಾ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രേതസമാനമായ

ഒരു ഫാൻ്റമിൻ്റെ സാദൃശ്യം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭੂਤ ਵਰਗਾ

ਇੱਕ ਫੈਂਟਮ ਦੀ ਸਮਾਨਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بھوت جیسا

پریت کی مشابہت یا خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

幽灵般的

与幻影类似或具有幻影特征

🇯🇵Japanese

幽霊のような

ファントムに似ている、またはファントムに特徴的な

🇰🇷Korean

유령같은

유령과 비슷하거나 특징이 있는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giống ma quái

giống hoặc đặc điểm của một bóng ma

🇹🇭Thai

เหมือนผี

คล้ายหรือลักษณะของผี

🇮🇩Indonesian

angker

menyerupai atau karakteristik hantu

🇵🇭Filipino

parang multo

kahawig o katangian ng isang multo

🇲🇾Malay

macam hantu

menyerupai atau ciri hantu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شبحي

تشبه أو مميزة الوهمية

🇮🇷Persian

شبح مانند

شبیه یا مشخصه یک فانتوم

🇹🇷Turkish

hayalet gibi

bir hayalete benzeyen veya ona benzeyen

🇮🇱Hebrew

דמוי רפאים

דומה או מאפיין פנטום

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