ghostee
ghostee noun: a person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.
Noun
ghostee (plural ghostees)
- A person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.
- Now, a new study led by Leah LeFebvre of the University of Alabama sought to shed scientific light on this phenomenon, to help demystify why and how ghosters choose to end a relationship in this manner, and how ghostees experience this method of relationship dissolution. […] This theme refers to...2019 March 11, Vinita Mehta, “The Anatomy of Ghosting”, in Psychology Today, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025
- The damage to the recipient — who I will now refer to as the ghostee — is fairly clear.2022 March 3, Murtaza Ali, “Why Ghosting Hurts Both the Ghoster and the Ghostee”, in Medium, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2024
Forms of ghostee
| plural | ghostees |
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Origin of ghostee
From ghost + -ee.
Questions about ghostee
- What does ghostee mean?
- Ghostee means a person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.
- What part of speech is ghostee?
- Ghostee is a noun.
- What is the plural of ghostee?
- The plural of ghostee is ghostees.
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