Wraith

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death.
  • n. The ghost of a dead person.
  • n. Something shadowy and insubstantial.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.
  • n. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An apparition in the exact likeness of a person, supposed to be seen before or soon after the person's death; in general, a visible spirit; a specter; a ghost.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mental representation of some haunting experience
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    phantasma    shadow    phantasm    phantom    apparition    fantasm   
    Variant
    water wraith   
    Form
    wraithish    wraithlike    wraithful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    specter    vision    apparition    ghost   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    specter    wisp    sprite    hobgoblin    dryad    figment   
     
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