wight
- noun
- /waɪt/
- Literature
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espíritu
- Legends say that a wight can rise from its grave seeking vengeance on the living.
- wight army
- kill a wight
- battle against the wights
Examples
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The story featured a malevolent wight that terrorized the small town until a brave hero defeated it.
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After I kill some wights, though.
Blog text (31) -
They face hollows, wights, Nazis, and normals on their mission to save their headmistress, Miss Peregrine, from being trapped in her bird state forever.
Academic text (2015) -
In the eerie landscape, the villagers spoke of a wight that haunted the old graveyard at night.
Synonyms
191
5.0
A dead body brought back to life by magic, often in stories
105
8.3
A small, ugly creature that causes trouble for people
99
8.2
A creature from Scandinavian stories that often lives in caves or mountains
31
9.3
An evil spirit that haunts graveyards and eats dead bodies
18
9.9
A pale ghost that appears near a person's death
2
9.9
An evil spirit in Algonquian stories that makes people want to eat others
A magical creature from Orkney and Shetland stories that plays tricks on people
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wight comes from the same old English wiht meaning 'living being', but in later stories writers used it for strange or evil beings. That's why in fantasy a wight usually means a 'haunting spirit' or undead creature that frightens people.