ghostee

plural ghostees

1. slangA person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.

   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

   1 more example

   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 the ghoster’s disinterest in the ghostee as a result of the latter’s antagonistic behavior.

   2019 March 11, Vinita Mehta, “The Anatomy of Ghosting”, in Psychology Today, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025