apparitional
Like a phantom
Apparitional describes something ghostly, spectral, or resembling an apparition.
The word suggests the quality of appearing suddenly and mysteriously, then vanishing: an apparitional figure in the doorway, Her face had an apparitional pallor in the dim light.
It can describe anything with an insubstantial, haunting, or otherworldly presence.
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
revenant · haunting · poltergeist · banshee · spook · visitant · manifestation · ghost
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · passing · brief · flickering · dissolving · dissipating · elusive · glimpsed
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
translucent · gossamer · wispy · vaporous · nebulous · airy · formless · bodiless
specter
Ghostly threatening presence
shade · revenant · haunting · poltergeist · banshee · spook · visitant · manifestation · ghost · ectoplasm
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
vanishing · fading · passing · brief · flickering · dissolving · dissipating · elusive · glimpsed · flashing
incorporeal
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
diaphanous · translucent · gossamer · wispy · vaporous · nebulous · airy · formless · bodiless · weightless
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
chilling · unnerving · unsettling · creepy · spooky · ominous · mysterious · strange · weird · preternatural
apparitionalcorporeal
Having physical existence
bodily · tangible · physical · solid · substantial
- ghostly apparitionsVisible manifestations of spirits