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geisterhaft — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disembodied adj Existing without a physical body; ghostlike or detached from any form.
  • ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  • spooky adj Eerie or unsettling, in a way that suggests ghosts or the supernatural.

Senses

geisterhaft is used for these senses in English:

  • disembodied Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
  • ghastly Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
  • spooky (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

ghastly — full definition

  1. adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  2. adj Pale and deathly-looking.
  3. adj (informal, especially British) Very bad or unpleasant, used for milder complaints as well as serious horror.
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