Word Meanings - SPECTRAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. See Tarsius. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man

Additional info about word: SPECTRAL

Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. See Tarsius. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light. F. W. Robertson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SPECTRAL)

• Ghastly
• Deathlike
• grim
• cadaverous
• spectral
• pallid
• hideous
• shocking

Related words: (words related to SPECTRAL)

• DEATHLIKE
  1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
• GHASTLY
  gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
• SHOCKDOG
  See 1
• CADAVEROUS
  1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
• PALLIDNESS
  The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
• SPECTRAL
  Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. See Tarsius. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man
• SHOCK-HEADED
  Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
• SHOCK
  A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. (more info) quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set
• SPECTRALLY
  In the form or manner of a specter.
• HIDEOUS
  hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, 1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
• SHOCKING
  Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The grossest and most shocking villainies. Secker. -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n.
• PALLID
  Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Spenser.
• PALLIDLY
  In a pallid manner.
• PALLIDITY
  Pallidness; paleness.
• SHOCK-HEAD
  Shock-headed. Tennyson.
• IMPALLID
  To make pallid; to blanch. Feltham.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• EARTHSHOCK
  An earthquake.
• INTERSHOCK
  To shock mutually.