Apparitional (Adjective)
Meaning
Resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The apparitional figure glided silently across the abandoned mansion's grand ballroom, its presence felt by all who dared to enter.
- As she lay in bed, Emily swore she saw an apparitional face hovering above her, its eyes glowing with an otherworldly light.
- The old mansion was rumored to be haunted by an apparitional woman in white, who would appear to lost travelers on stormy nights.
- The artist's use of eerie lighting and shadow created an apparitional atmosphere in her photographs, as if the subjects were about to vanish into thin air.
- The villagers believed that the apparitional lights that danced in the forest were the spirits of their ancestors, guiding them through the darkest of times.