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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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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 definition: 1. a spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person 2…. Learn more.
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.
Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] wraith (plural wraiths) A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: ghost. Derived terms. [ edit] wraithish. wraithful. wraithlike. Translations. [ edit]
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.
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 insubstantial: "The wraith of a hollow laugh issued silently from his parted lips" (F. Scott Fitzgerald). [ Origin unknown .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of wraith noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
An apparition or spectre of a dead person; a phantom or…. 2. A water-spirit. 3. An appearance or configuration suggestive of a wraith or…. Originally (and chiefly) Scottish. 1.a. 1513–. An apparition or spectre of a dead person; a phantom or ghost.
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