ghostlike

Definition of ghostlikenext

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Recent Examples of ghostlike Diners have toasted to him ever since, trading stories of feeling ghostlike brushes along their legs during Lowcountry meals. Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostlike
Adjective
  • Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
  • When ghostly figures appear, domestic absurdity spirals in this offbeat, comic, and charming portrait of family life.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The installation puts people inside that spectral array of color to capture the essence of those sunrises and sunsets.
    Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Whatever the full truth of either description (anyone paying attention that November a few years ago soon realized only Wall Street cheered his comeback), I’d argue Altman at this point in his pop-culture evolution has transcended both those designations and any spectral stops in between.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • One of them is the aforementioned passerby in the corridor, known here as the Walking Man (Yamato Kochi), who, far from being just a phantom projection, winds up embarking on his own tragic adventure.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Worryingly, the researchers found the models had a tendency to find evidence of pathologies in the phantom images, showing that the models may have a bias towards diagnosing disease that could lead to dangerous and expensive misdiagnoses if used in real-world medical settings.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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