8
macabre(adjective, shocking, upsetting, frightening, eerie)
8
phantom(noun, adjective, obscure, dark, superior)
8
wraithlike(adjective, shocking, heavenly, airy, distressing)
7
shadowy(adjective, thin, pale, heavenly, hazy)
7
creepy
7
strange(adjective, odd, supernatural, weird, peculiar)
7
unreal
6
deathlike(adjective, thin, boring, dead, pale)
6
deathly(adjective, thin, dead, pale, live)
6
disembodied(adjective, heavenly, spiritual, religious, immaterial)
6
frightful(adjective, shocking, pale, upsetting, frightening)
6
ghoulish(adjective, unreasonable, shocking, inappropriate, absurd)
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livid(adjective, shocking, upsetting, frightening)
6
preternatural(adjective, obscure, dark, unusual, strange)
6
unnatural(adjective, obscure, dark, superior, unusual)
5
bloodless(adjective, thin, dead, shocking, pale)
5
deadly(adjective, boring, tedious, live, gaunt)
5
ethereal(adjective, delicate, heavenly, imperceptible, unseen)
5
incorporeal(adjective, heavenly, spiritual, religious, sacred)
5
occult(adjective, obscure, dark, extraordinary, superior)
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