ghost
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Noun 4 meanings
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
“Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.”
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
“not a ghost of a chance”
A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
Verb 4 meanings
Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysdos, from *ǵʰéysd- (“anger, agitation”).
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GHOST at a glance
GHOST has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + H 4 + O 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,425 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ghost
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- GHAST9
- GHEST9
- GLOST6
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