Find more facts and information on our topic page about
ghost
ghostly
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
|
2009
|
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
ghost·ly
/ ˈgōstlē/
•
adj.
(-li·er
, -li·est
)
of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural:
a ghostly figure with a hood.
DERIVATIVES:
ghost·li·ness
n.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
|
GHOSTS TELL A CHRISTMAS TALE.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Stein Post staff reporter The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present...Mark Mineart, who plays the Ghost of Christmas Present, said...Wiggins and Mineart, who play the ghosts in the 12th annual edition of...in various roles, plays the Ghost of Christmas past for the first...
|
|
Ghost busters. (Tech TV)(includes related information on digital image correction and on enhanced-definition television in Japan)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 11/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...experience long-delay ghosts; cable signals are...short-delays. Ghost-busting technology...receivers that removes ghosts. Philips' GCR signal...system (see Why Ghost Busting Got Spooked...differentiate between ghosts and "snow" in picture signals. Ghost cancellation is fast...
|
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
|
GHOST STORY; Haunting tales are finding credence in the home.(HOME & GARDEN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of the International Ghost Hunters Society, takes...fairly benevolent view. "Ghosts are an extension of life...points on which many ghost aficionados agree: The vast majority of ghosts, while frightening...dangerous. (The horrible ghost is largely a product...
|
|
Ghosts, ghost towns, ghost chasers and more ; Who knew New Hampshire was haunted?
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 10/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...featuring New Hampshire ghosts, ghost towns, ghost chasers...Agostino has written several ghost books, including Haunted New Hampshire and Pirate Ghosts & Phantom Ships. His...Abandoned Villages and Ghost Towns of New England...
|
|
Ghost towning one way to explore Old West
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...what one ghost towner calls a ghost highway, a 13-mile (21...that was bypassed in 1968. A ghost town is a place that is a shadow...remaining are known as true ghosts, Underwood said. Underwood said he began ghost towning in 1976 with his father...
|
|
Of ghosts and ghouls
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/15/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...thought of it. Ghost Master puts you in charge of wicked ghosts and you use them...gives you, the Ghost Master, the ability to manifest ghosts and all their spectral...thus keeping these ghosts operating. Each skill that your ghost performs has a...
|
|
Ghosts That Refuse to Go Away
Magazine article from: Voices; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...four-fifths of the ghosts in his students...Some students' ghost stories describe...annoyingly persistent ghosts highlight the difficulties...traditions. Some ghost stories take root...not work until the ghost gets what it wants...so stories about ghosts that occupy people...
|
|
GHOST WHISPERER
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 10/31/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...a good night for ghost stories, Rogat says...off more than 200 ghosts from schools, businesses...heck." To drive a ghost from a home you need...are two types of ghosts: those that follow...s job to show the ghosts their folly. His method is more ghost counseling than spirit...
|
 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
|
Ghost towners have own agenda
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 7/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...what one ghost towner calls a ghost highway, a 13-mile stretch...that was bypassed in 1968. A ghost town is a place that is a shadow...remaining are known as "true ghosts," Underwood said. Underwood said he began ghost towning in 1976 with his father...
|
|
Ghosts: Life and Death in North India.
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...village beliefs about ghosts should not be treated...superstition. To understand ghost beliefs, it is essential...discuss death and belief in ghosts as reflected in the lineage...introduce material about ghosts that originate from the...chapters give an account of ghost possession and ...
|
|
Ghosts
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Ghosts Ghost lore has a long and colorful...e., frightened by an angry ghost). Fear of angry ghosts is built into the word itself...characteristics attributed to ghosts through the centuries. Ghost is created in part by way of...
|
|
Ghost stories
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...literary ghost story the ghost is all, and the deliberate...certainly benevolent ghosts, but the most memorable...predatory aspect. Literary ghost stories were largely...was adept at creating ghosts that induced physical...His first collection, Ghost Stories and Tales of...
|
|
Ghost
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Casper the Friendly Ghost ” in Horn...before a jury of the ghosts of American villains...Drury Lane Theater Ghost said to bring great acting...terrified by imagined ghosts at the medieval abbey...720] Nighe, Bean ghost of a woman who died in...
|
|
ghost
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
ghost When asked if he believed in ghosts, Coleridge replied that he had...setting to a receptive audience. Ghosts need ghost stories in order to preserve for...after-death existence. Whether ghosts emanate from some mysterious ectoplasm...
|
|
Ghost Dance
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GHOST DANCE GHOST DANCE. The name Ghost Dance applies to two waves of a nativistic or messianic movement. Both originated among the Paiute Indians of Nevada in the nineteenth century. In 1869 a prophet named Wodziwob began to predict supernatural...
|
