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ghostly

/ˈɡəʊs(t)li/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɡəʊs(t)li/

ghostly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

ghos - tly -> ghostly

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တစ္ဆေ နှင့်ဆိုင်သော။စိတ်ဓါတ်၊ဝိညာဉ်နှင့်ဆိုင်သော။ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးက သွန်သင်ဆုံးမသော။

Full entry

ghost / gǝƱst / n

၁။ တစ္ဆေ။ Her ghost is believed to haunt the old house. ❍ I don't believe in ghosts (ie don't believe that they exist). ❍ He looked as if he had seen a ghost (ie looked very frightened).
၂။ [sing] ~ of sth စိုးစဉ်း။ အစအန။ အရိပ်အယောင်။ The ghost of a smile (ie A very faint smile) played round her lips. ❍ You haven't a ghost of a chance (ie You have no chance).
၃။ ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားတွင် နှစ်ထပ်ထင်သည့် ပုံရိပ်။
v အခြားသူတစ်ဦးအတွက် ကိုယ်စားရေးသား ပြုစုသည်။ her ghosted memoirs (ie written by someone else) ❍ He ghosts for a number of sports personalities who ‘write’ newspaper columns.
❏ ghostly /'gǝƱstli / adj (-ier , -iest ) တစ္ဆေလိုလို။ ghostly shapes of bats flitting about in the dark. ❍ A ghostly voice seemed to whisper in my ear.
❏ ghost story n တစ္ဆေပုံပြင်။ My friend is fond of reading ghost stories.
❏ ghost town n မြို့ဆိုး။
❏ ghost-writer n အခြားသူတစ်ဦးအတွက် ကိုယ်စား စာရေး ပေးသောသူ။ (ဗန်း) ရှဲဒိုး။
❏ give up the ghost [IDM ]
၁။ ကွယ်လွန်သည်။
၂။ (joc ) နဇီဝသဘောလျှောသည်။ My car seems to have finally given up the ghost.

More examples

Do you believe in ghosts?
[the ghost of someone] : The ghost of a murdered woman is said to walk in the castle at night.
I know I don't have a ghost of a chance for advancement.

Synonyms

phantom, spirit, ghoul, specter, poltergeist, banshee, AWOL, absent, apparition, appearance, authored, authoring, bang out, chalk, clef, coin a phrase, comp, compose, daemon, dash off, dashed off, demon, depressed, devil, drop a line, drop a note, eidolon, ethereal being, flash, flicker, fudge together, ghosting, ghostwrite, glimmer, haunt, impression, incorporeal being, ink, inked, jot down, kelpie, lettering, manes, manifestation, no show, no-show, nobody home, note down, pencil, pencils, phantasm, poetize, presence, push a pencil, push pencil, pussyfoot, put in writing, put pen to paper, revenant, scriven, scrivening, set down, set forth, set type, setting down, setting forth, shade, shadow, soul, spook, suggestion, timed, timing, trace, typewrite, typewritten, vampire, vision, visitor, wraith, write, write down, write up, zombie

Antonyms

angel, being, entity, god, reality

Cross references

phantom spirit ghoul specter poltergeist banshee AWOL absent apparition appearance authored authoring bang out chalk clef coin a phrase comp compose daemon dash off dashed off demon depressed devil drop a line drop a note eidolon ethereal being

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