ghostly

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
2. Spooky; frightening.
3. (archaic) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.

Sinonieme

spectral

spiritual

ghostlike

apparitional

eerie

phantasmal

spooky

uncanny

weird

pale

wraithlike

supernatural

unearthly

pneumatic

sallow

shadowy

divine

deathlike

spiritually

phantomlike

ungodly

unreal

visionary

wan

whitish

visional

eery

ghastly

fade

dreamlike

illusory

pallid

ghosty

phantom

Vertalings

fantomatique

spettrale

fantasmal

spectral

geisterhaft

fantasmagórico

spukhaft

spiritico

espectral

άυλος

fantasmatico

πνευματικός

de fantôme

ως φάντασμα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡoʊstli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gostly

Geërf van Old English: gāstlīċ

Verwante met Skots: ghaistly

Verwante met Fries: geastlik

Verwante met Nederlands: geestelijk

Verwante met Duits: geistlich

Verwante met Deens: geistlig

In summary

From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost + -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”).