Transcription
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- [gohst]
- /goʊst/
- /ˈɡoˌstlaɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gohst]
- /goʊst/
Definitions of ghostlike word
- noun ghostlike the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons. 1
- noun ghostlike a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self. 1
- noun ghostlike a remote possibility: He hasn't a ghost of a chance. 1
- noun ghostlike (sometimes initial capital letter) a spiritual being. 1
- noun ghostlike the principle of life; soul; spirit. 1
- noun ghostlike Informal. ghost writer. 1
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Origin of ghostlike
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English goost (noun), Old English gāst; cognate with German Geist spirit
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Parts of speech for Ghostlike
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ghostlike popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
ghostlike usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ghostlike
adj ghostlike
- abhorrent — If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
- anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
adjective ghostlike
- wraithlike — an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- ethereal — Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- eerie — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
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