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  • 1ghostly — UK [ˈɡəʊs(t)lɪ] / US [ˈɡoʊs(t)lɪ] adjective Word forms ghostly : adjective ghostly comparative ghostlier superlative ghostliest reminding you of a ghost a ghostly light/form/sound ghostly pale …

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  • 2ghostly — adjective slightly frightening and seeming to be connected with ghosts or spirits: a ghostly stare ghostly adverb: ghostly pale ghostliness noun (U) …

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  • 3ghostly — ghost|ly [ goustli ] adjective reminding you of a GHOST: a ghostly light/form/sound ghostly pale …

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  • 4ghostly — [adj] spooky apparitional, cadaverous, corpselike, deathlike, divine, eerie, eidolic, ghastly, haunted, holy, illusory, insubstantial, pale, phantasmal, phantom, scary, shadowy, spectral, spiritual, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, vampiric, wan …

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  • 5pale — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Pale is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem ▪ become, go …

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  • 6pale — Synonyms and related words: abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, annulet, arena, argent, arid, armorial bearings, armory, arms, ashen …

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  • 7pale — I adj 1. colorless, hueless, toneless, uncol ored, achromic, achromous, achromatic; drab, dreary, flat, mat, lusterless, lackluster; bleached, blanched, washed out, etiolated; wan, pallid, Obs. blate, pale faced, anemic, sickly; waxen, sallow,… …

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  • 8ghostly — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Ghostly is used with these nouns: ↑echo, ↑figure, ↑glow, ↑presence, ↑shape, ↑silhouette {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Ghostly is used with these adjectives: ↑pale …

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  • 9ghostly — /ˈgoʊstli/ (say gohstlee) adjective (ghostlier, ghostliest) 1. of or relating to a ghost; spectral. 2. pale or indistinct, as a ghost: ghostly asteroids. –adverb 3. in the manner or style of a ghost: ghostly white. –ghostliness, noun …

  • 10pale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wan, waxen, ashy, ashen, colorless, bloodless; light, blond; faint, dim, vague; sickly. See colorlessness, dimness.Ant., colorful; ruddy. v. i. whiten, blanch, blench; fade, dim. n. stake, picket;… …

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