disembodied
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8.0
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdid/
:
incorpóreo
- I heard a disembodied voice coming from the dark room, but I couldn't see anyone there.
- disembodied soul
- disembodied voice
- disembodied spirit
I'm able to hear entities that are disembodied.
- I'm able to hear entities that are disembodied.
- So if you don't see me again the rest of the quarter, just enjoy my disembodied voice.
- Ghosts show up by sound and sound and voices are so interesting because they're disembodied.
- And I know now that disembodied spirits or voices can come through that thing.
- And then you think it's a disembodied sort of person you're trying to find, right?
- A simple illustration I've given many times is that the devil's disembodied.
Examples
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As soon as her head touched her pillow, the disembodied voice crept close.
Fiction book (2000) -
How well do you think that you could match a stranger to their disembodied voice?
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Just said it was a disembodied head.
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Makes me expect to find a disembodied hand in the sauce.
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And that these disembodied spirits tend to be hungry.
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I never heard anything except a disembodied voice over a loudspeaker.
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Mira pressed a button on the wall, and a disembodied voice asked if she needed help.
Fiction book (1999) -
You're actually in a disembodied moment when you're focusing on the attempt.
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Up and down the sweeping mural of the mirror, disembodied heads swiveled to look at him.
Fiction book (1992) -
The holographic callers might have appeared as disembodied heads, revolving around him like moons.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
40
4.7
Having a pale, quiet look that feels scary
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7.4
Not physical and cannot be touched
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9.9
Not having a physical body or shape that you can touch
1
9.9
Looking like a ghost and seeming unreal
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8.1
Not having a physical form, like a spirit or ghost
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8.2
Not having any physical shape you can touch, like a voice or shadow
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9.9
Having the look or feel of a ghost
Not having a physical body, like a ghost
Not having a physical form like a ghost or spirit
A being that has no physical body like a ghost
About the mind or spirit rather than the body
Appears like a ghost, not solid or easy to see
Exists only in the mind and is not really there
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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9.5
A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
How Disembodied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disembodied is made from dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and body, so it literally means 'not in a body'. Think of embody as 'give a body to'; with dis- it becomes the opposite, which is why we use disembodied for a spirit, voice, or idea that seems separate from a physical body.