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- Dictionarywraith/reɪθ/
noun
- 1. a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
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a spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person. something that is pale or weak and without a clear shape: He watched the misty wraiths of moisture making patterns on the window pane. Her wraith of a voice (= her weak voice) gave the songs a moving quality.
1. a. : the exact likeness of a living person seen usually just before death as an apparition. b. : ghost, specter. 2. : an insubstantial form or semblance : shadow. 3. : a barely visible gaseous or vaporous column. wraithlike. ˈrāth-ˌlīk. adjective. Did you know?
Wraith can also mean something thin, wispy, or ghost-like. You could call a wisp of smoke rising from a chimney a wraith or you could say that a sick aunt had been reduced to a wraith — a thin, ghostly, figure.
noun. the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death. a ghost or any apparition. an insubstantial copy of something. something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke.
noun. 1. the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his or her death. 2. a ghost or any apparition. 3. an insubstantial copy of something. 4. something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke.
Define wraith. wraith synonyms, wraith pronunciation, wraith translation, English dictionary definition of wraith. n. 1. An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death. 2. The ghost of a dead person. 3. Something faint or...
Definition of wraith noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wraith. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Wraith definition: An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death.
• A world of swirling smoke and smiling wraiths. • She turns round and a white sheet flaps, a white sail sails, a white wraith passes silently in front of her eyes. wraith meaning, definition, what is wraith: a ghost: Learn more.
