wraithlike

adjective

as in disembodied

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Recent Examples of wraithlike The flakes were slow and voluptuous, and already the wraithlike branches outside the window were fattening with white. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 But no matter how strong Carmen becomes, her destiny — embodied by a wraithlike old woman who turns up whenever the orchestra plays Bizet’s 10-note fate motif — is predetermined. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wraithlike
  1. disembodied
  2. ghostly
  3. bodiless
  4. incorporeal
  5. ghostlike
  6. spiritual
  7. spectral
  8. formless
Adjective
  • Over the last three centuries, there have been reports of strange music and disembodied voices and footsteps.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The choice to film primarily at night, in darkness, using disembodied voices to tell a story not depicted on camera, further highlights the extent to which these events have been obscured in Israel and around the world.
    — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of disembodied
Adjective
  • From ghostly needlepoint pillows to pumpkin patch candles, cozy throw blankets, outdoor decor, coffee mugs, serving bowls, and more, these Halloween picks are perfect for welcoming the new season in style.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The large works seem to be on the verge of becoming ghostly, bleached by the same relentless Florida sunlight that makes Miami Beach so visually seductive.
    — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghostly
Adjective
  • The important things are often bodiless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.
    — Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Definition of bodiless
Adjective
  • Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of incorporeal
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of ghostlike
Adjective
  • Created with his wife Nkuthazo Alexis Dyalvane, the work incorporates cow hair, leather and grass, influenced by ritual adornments, reflecting ancestral knowledge, healing and spiritual transformation.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The President of the United States (John Goodman) and his cabinet of hawkish generals, gargoyle-ish officials, and speaking-in-tongues spiritual advisors gather at the oilman’s house to discuss next steps.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of spiritual
Adjective
  • The spectral are getting louder, more insistent, more prevalent, and our literature, our cinema, reflect this.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The stairwell of the North Tower, or the five charred, spectral stories still standing, was being targeted for potential recoveries, and for good reason.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of spectral
Adjective
  • Inevitably, much of that knowledge was still undigested and poorly sorted; as a result the planet, viewed from Europe, must have seemed a rather impressionistic and formless place.
    — Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Musicians have long sought to give form to the formless, unconstrained yet palatable, inspirational and divine.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Definition of formless

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