wraith
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9.9
- noun
- /reɪθ/
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- Hawk opens his mouth to speak when a malevolent, silent deadpan wraith eerily glides down a wire from the bridge.
- mist wraiths
- silent wraiths
- thin wraith
Examples
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I warned you repeatedly that the wraith would find a way to undo you.
Fiction book (1991) -
A wraith from a former life who haunts my dreams.
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Completely drained of color, she looked like a wraith against the dark branches of the yew.
Fiction book (1992) -
I marveled at how petite she was: a very small wraith indeed, and seemingly fragile.
Fiction book (1992) -
Their charred bodies grew thin as wraiths, dissolving into twists of smoke.
Fiction book (1991) -
His pale complexion, haggard eyes, wispy hair, and long-outdated clothes inspired recurrent allusions to a wraith.
Academic text (2016) -
Patches of mist floated hither and yon like untethered wraiths, and I wandered alone like them, lost in embittered reflection.
Fiction book (1995) -
The old house was rumored to be haunted by the wraith of a former resident who died tragically.
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As the storm raged outside, I thought I saw a wraith drifting through the hallway, its presence chilling me to the bone.
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At the witching hour, she claimed to have seen a wraith rise from the graveyard, a shadowy figure warning of impending doom.
Synonyms
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3.0
The spirit of a dead person that people can see or feel
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8.6
A ghost that people say appears and frightens them at night
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9.5
A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
A harmful spirit that comes back from the dead
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wraith comes from an old Scots word that meant a 'ghost' or 'spirit'. Picture a pale, thin figure appearing in the dark — that image explains why wraith means a ghostly being often seen near death.