Word Finder - ghostly

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Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.

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The ghostly moaning was heard from upstairs.

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Spooky; frightening.

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A ghostly hush fell.

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Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.

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a ghostly confessor

It couldn't be real, and yet... she remembered the train whistle and the ghostly voice of Nick.

The survivors believe that the ghostly ogre, being so well provided for, will abstain from haunting them.

Common people would not thus be provided with a ghostly retinue, but their simpler funeral ceremonies were as far as they went similar to those of their monarch.

I REALLY didn't think I would see any ghostly goings on.

The video recorded a ghostly figure of a man walk out of a dark doorway with one hand outstretched and an unnaturally white face almost glowing in the middle of the grainy closed-circuit video stream.

From the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle and ghostly medieval alleys to enchanting waterside walkways.

An expansive, rumbling bassline follows ghostly synths over a wildly syncopated beat.

Ghostly apparitions of Thomas Whaley, his wife and their daughter are reportedly seen in the master bedroom as well as the Music Room, and many visitors claim to feel a choking sensation whenever near the stairway.

Ghostly, veiled ladies of exceptional height passed in somber silence past an empty bier while a shadowy figure looking like a cross between Hercule Poirot and Fred O'Connor lurked behind a pillar, watch­ing.

Converted to an inn nearly 50 years ago, guests have been reporting ghostly apparitions for the past 15 years.

They included a shot of the ghostly apparition, which appears to be checking the cellar with a lamp.

Ghostly bongos from the back of the room added to the effect. âMost Bizarre Instrumentation of the Eveningâ Award.

He also reported that on a number of occasions he had been followed up the stairs by ghostly footsteps.

People feel it as a direct and almost ghostly connection to the foreignness of the past.

The image is fading which gives the figure a rather ghostly appearance.

Passing through Woodmansey I catch a glimpse across the fields of the two mile distant Beverley Minster, looking very ghostly in the moonlight.

My work is extremely colorful and yet often ghostly and quite abstract.

The haze made it appear ghostly, even in the bright shine of the sun.

A pale one instead of the warm orange color, which made them look appropriately ghostly.

And this I do for fear lest thou shouldest conceive bodily that that is meant ghostly.

With Ghostbuster fever in the office most of the SU team are making ghostly woo wooing noises and filling our mouths with blood capsules.

Stories about ghostly goings-on at the Broad Street pub have been circulating for decades.

The slow exposure, produced a ghostly halo around the fish.

A blind boy goes to the Welsh coast for a holiday with his mother and discovers ghostly happenings at a local derelict mansion.

At one point a Balkan melody seemed to emerge at others a ghostly pibroch.

Ghostly, the eyes of thy soul is thy reason; thy conscience is thy visage ghostly.

Nero was now a demonic monster from the abyss, and the ten kings no longer Parthians but ghostly helpers of Nero.

Occasionally we stop to look back south and west, where dramatic cloudscapes consist of equal parts sunlit patches and ghostly gray showers.

Sky watchers also saw a ghostly glow across the crescent Moon 's dark terrain.

Dark styles are slimming, but black can look ghostly on the very fair-skinned.

Although a paler face tends too look formal, too pale can quickly appear ghostly and overdone.

Just remember not to leave your entire face bare (it looks kind of ghostly with this color).

Kids can take a tour of a Ghost Ship and create a ghostly pirate scene from a jigsaw puzzle.

A few legends hold that this canine spirit is actually a protective entity or a forbearer of good fortune, but most regard the ghostly beast as a bad omen.

In other stories, he appears with a tall, ghostly woman.

Some cultures believe that the canine apparitions were people in life, who were so horrible that they have been condemned to roam the earth as the ghostly hounds in death.

The general theory is that a ghostly hand moved the object.

There have been numerous reports by guests at this house regarding ghostly sightings, strange noises and sounds of a woman weeping.

Manifestations that have been reported on this particular site range from the sound of ghostly laughter to objects violently flying around without human intervention.

Other haunted cemeteries in Rhode Island, Illinois, Ohio and Maryland include everything from weeping apparitions to ghostly gifts of flowers left on graves.

Reported activities include doors that open and close doors on their own, moving objects and even ghostly touches felt by people within the home.

Legends of America offers this three-page list of books about "ghostly legends".

Workers cleaned the room once her body was removed, but the ghostly outline of her corpse returned.

In the background, you can see the ghostly image of Jim Morrison standing in the doorway of a nearby crypt.

Well-known paranormal researcher Richard Senate viewed the recording and was quickly convinced that the tape reflected an authentic ghostly apparition.

Unlike other regional folklore with legends of ghostly hitchhikers, the ghost of Blue Bell Hill comes with supporting historical evidence and witness accounts.

A ghostly apparition of a woman has been seen near the tracks in the evening.

Ghostly phenomenon apparently still takes place throughout the mansion, and Sarah's ghost has reportedly now joined the host of others.

The following scary videos represent some of the best evidence of hauntings and ghostly activities that you are likely to find anywhere on the Internet.

However, videos with authentic phenomenon often transition to frames that contain ghostly activity so gently that most people completely miss it the first time they watch the video.