Definition
To make ghostly or ghost-like in appearance or quality; to give something a spectral or eerie character.
Etymology
From 'ghostly' + '-ify' suffix (meaning to make or cause to be). A constructed verb following productive English word-formation patterns.
Kelly Says
The '-ify' suffix can attach to almost any adjective to create a verb—'ghostlify' means 'to make ghostly,' just as 'clarify' means 'to make clear'—this is why English speakers can understand newly invented words they've never heard before.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ እንስሳ
en-de en-si-sa
ARالعربية
تجسيد الشبح
taj-sid ash-shab
BNবাংলা
ভূতের মতো
bhut-er moto
CACatalà
fantasma
fan-ta-sma
CSČeština
pohřební
po-hreb-ni
DEDeutsch
geistlich machen
gaist-lich ma-ken
ELΕλληνικά
φαντασμαγορική
fan-ta-sma-go-ri-ki
ESEspañol
fantasmalizar
fantas-ma-li-zar
FRFrançais
fantasmer
fantas-mer
GUGU
ભૂત જેવું
bhut je-vu
HEעברית
להפוך לרוח
le-hpokh l-roah
HIहिन्दी
भूत जैसा बनाना
bhut jaisa banaana
HUMagyar
szellemivé tenni
shel-lem-i-ve ten-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
menjadi hantu
me-nji hantu
ITItaliano
fantasmagorizzare
fan-ta-sma-go-ri-zar-re
JA日本語
幽霊化する
yūrei ni kawaru
KO한국어
유령화하다
yu-ryong-hwa-hada
MRMR
भूतप्रमाण
bhut-pra-maan
MSBahasa Melayu
menjadi hantu
me-nji han-tu
NLNederlands
geestenachtig maken
gees-ten-ach-tig ma-ken
PLPolski
zastraszyć
za-stras-zyc
PTPortuguês
fantasmagorificar
fan-ta-sma-go-ri-fi-kar
RORomână
a face fantom
a face fan-tom
RUРусский
призрачно сделать
prizrach-no sdelat'
SWKiswahili
kuchagua
ku-cha-gua
TAதமிழ்
அவயவம்
ava-ya-vam
THไทย
ทำให้เป็นผี
thame hai pen phi
TLTL
maging-misteryoso
ma-ging-mis-te-ri-yo-so
TRTürkçe
gölge gibi yapmak
gol-ge gi-bi ya-kap
UKУкраїнська
привид
pri-vid
URاردو
بھت بنانا
bheet banna
VITiếng Việt
hóa thành ma
hoa thanh ma