ghostly
English
/ˈɡoʊstli/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
- Spooky; frightening.
- Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gostly inherited from Old English gāstlīċ (spiritual, holy, spectral, ghastly, ghostly, clerical) suffix from English ghost.
Origin
English
ghost
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antighost English
- beghost English
- errand-ghost English
- ghost English
- ghost bump English
- ghost call English
- ghost chili pepper English
- ghost island English
- ghostball English
- ghostbuster English
- ghostbusting English
- ghostdom English
- ghosten English
- ghoster English
- ghostess English
- ghostfish English
- ghostflower English
- ghosthood English
- ghosthunt English
- ghosthunter English
- ghosthunting English
- ghostie English
- ghosting English
- ghostish English
- ghostkind English
- ghostking English
- ghostland English
- ghostless English
- ghostlike English
- ghostlily English
- ghostliness English
- ghostling English
- ghostlore English
- ghostology English
- ghostsome English
- ghostwriter English
- ghostwritten English
- ghosty English
- nonghostly English
- unghost English
- unghostly English
- wereghost English
- Geist German
- geistlich German
- geest Dutch, Flemish
- geestelijk Dutch, Flemish
- gostear Spanish, Castilian
- *gaistaz Proto-Germanic
- ゴースト Japanese
- gastlice Old English
- gāstlīċ Old English
- gost Middle English
- gostly Middle English
- gejstlig Danish
- 고스트 Korean
- ghost
- ghosty
- ghosten
- unghost
- ghostie
- beghost
- ghoster
- ghostish
- ghostdom
- ghostess
- ghosting
- ghostless
- ghostlily
- ghostball
- ghostling
- ghostking
- ghostlike
- antighost
- unghostly
- ghostland
- ghostlore
- ghosthood
- wereghost
- ghostsome
- ghosthunt
- ghostkind
- ghostfish
- nonghostly
- ghostology
- ghost bump
- ghost call
- ghosthunter
- ghostbuster
- ghostwriter
- ghostliness
- ghostflower
- ghosthunting
- ghost island
- errand-ghost
- ghostwritten
- ghostbusting
- ghost chili pepper