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.

Concepten

spookachtig

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

fantomatique

spettrale

fantasmal

spectral

geisterhaft

fantasmagórico

spukhaft

spiritico

espectral

άυλος

fantasmatico

πνευματικός

de fantôme

ως φάντασμα

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡoʊstli/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gostly

Overgenomen van Oudengels: gāstlīċ

Verwant aan Schots: ghaistly

Verwant aan Fries: geastlik

Verwant aan Nederlands: geestelijk

Verwant aan Duits: geistlich

Verwant aan 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”).