ghostliness

/ɡˈoʊstlinəs/ noun

The quality of being ghostly.

Word Origin Ghost comes from Old English gāst 'spirit, soul,' and the -ly suffix (from līc 'body, form') makes it 'having the form of a ghost.' That's why ghostliness is that eerie quality of seeming like a specter—literally, the state of being ghost-bodied. The same līc root gives us 'like' (similar) and 'lich' (a corpse), so you can almost see the ghost taking bodily form. Related words like aghast and ghastly share the same spooky root.

noun The quality of being ghostly. countable

The ghostliness of the abandoned church was enhanced by the moonlight filtering through broken windows.

(名词) 幽灵特质;鬼魅感

月光透过破碎的窗户照射进来,增强了废弃教堂的幽灵般特质。

(sustantivo) fantasmalidad; espectralidad; lo fantasmal [La cualidad de ser fantasmal.]

Lo fantasmal de la iglesia abandonada se veía realzado por la luz de la luna que se filtraba por las ventanas rotas.

(nom) caractère spectral; caractère fantomatique; nature spectrale; aspect fantomatique [Caractère de ce qui est fantomatique, spectral.]

Le caractère spectral de l'église abandonnée était renforcé par le clair de lune filtrant à travers les fenêtres brisées.

(Substantiv) Gespenstigkeit; Geisterhaftigkeit [die Eigenschaft, geisterhaft, unheimlich oder wie von einer Erscheinung durchdrungen zu wirken]

Die **ghostliness** der verlassenen Kirche wurde durch das Mondlicht verstärkt, das durch die zerbrochenen Fenster fiel.

(名詞) 幽霊のように薄気味悪く、ぼんやりと非現実的な性質。

廃墟と化した教会の幽霊のような佇まいは、割れた窓から差し込む月光によっていっそう強まっていた。

(substantivo) fantasmagoria; espectralidade; sobrenaturalidade [A qualidade de ser fantasmagórico.]

A fantasmagoridade da igreja abandonada era realçada pelo luar que filtrava pelas janelas quebradas.

Word parts: ghost + ly + ness

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