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Wan is a related term of ghostly.


As an adjective ghostly is

of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.

wan

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
  • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
  • the wan moon overhead
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  • Dim, faint.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
  • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
  • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    ghostly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
  • a ghostly figure with a hood.
  • Spooky; frightening.
  • Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
  • a ghostly confessor
  • * Book of Common Prayer
  • Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • One of the ghostly children of St. Jerome.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * (l)