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- 1. a ghost: "a dread of specters and witches affected every aspect of daily life" Similar
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noun [ C ] (also spectre) us / ˈspek·tər / Add to word list. something that causes fear or worry: The specter of inflation concerns many voters. The familiar specter of adversity continues to accompany him. A specter is also a ghost (= the spirit of a dead person that can be seen).
The meaning of SPECTER is a visible disembodied spirit : ghost. How to use specter in a sentence.
Specter definition: a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.. See examples of SPECTER used in a sentence.
the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: The awful specter of civil war looms over the country. Drought and war have raised the specter of food shortages for up to 24 million African people. [ C ] literary. a ghost. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Predicting things and intuition. augury. bellwether. betcha.
A specter means a ghostly apparition, a ghost itself, or simply an idea that people find frightening. You can give yourself nightmares if you listen to too many stories about ghostly specters appearing in dark windows.
SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost 3. UK spelling of…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. 2. some object or source of terror or dread. the specter of disease or famine. Also (esp. Brit.): spectre SYNONYMS 1. shade. See ghost. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
The word spectre (or specter) has to do with being haunted — it can be something that literally haunts you, like the ghost of your Aunt Sally who bangs the windows every night. You can also say that a reminder of something painful is a spectre.
specter. noun. (Canadian English usually spectre) /ˈspɛktər/. specter (of something) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future The country is haunted by the specter of civil war. These weeks of drought have once again raised the specter of widespread famine.
spectre (of something) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future. The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
