wraithlike
Pale and spectral
Wraithlike means resembling a wraith—ghostly, spectral, or insubstantial.
The word describes something pale, thin, or eerily translucent: a wraithlike figure emerged from the fog, Her illness had left her wraithlike.
It suggests an unsettling quality of seeming barely present or not quite of this world.
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- apparitionalResembling a specter
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
shade · spirit · revenant · haunting · ethereal · incorporeal · disembodied · ghostlike
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- wastedUsed without good result
withered · wan · pallid · ashen · sunken · drawn · thin · frail
Not physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
diaphanous · filmy · wispy · airy · tenuous · delicate · featherlight · weightless
Eerily beyond normal
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
ominous · eldritch · macabre · unnerving · foreboding · mysterious · unsettling · gothic
spectral
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- apparitionalResembling a specter
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
specter · shade · spirit · revenant · haunting · ethereal · incorporeal · disembodied · ghostlike · phantomlike
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- haggardExhausted in appearance
wasted · withered · wan · pallid · ashen · sunken · drawn · thin · frail · wizened
intangible
Not physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
gossamer · diaphanous · filmy · wispy · airy · tenuous · delicate · featherlight · weightless · sheer
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
sinister · ominous · eldritch · macabre · unnerving · foreboding · mysterious · unsettling · gothic · ghoulish
- skinnythin, slim, slender, lean, skinny
- otherworldlyghostly, spectral, eerie, ethereal, phantom
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
wraithlikevivid
Intensely clear and bright
prominent · conspicuous · bold · striking · unmistakable