GHOSTY Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

ghosty

adjective

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as in ghostly

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When Brolin’s voice takes on a ghostly presence inside the whale, the emotional insistence grows louder without becoming more persuasive.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
As the 1986 return approached, people who remembered that earlier appearance likely told their children and grandchildren about being awakened before dawn and taken outside to see a huge, ghostly, gleaming object in the sky.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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