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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.
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.
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...
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.
Definition of wraith noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Wraith definition: An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death.
A complete guide to the word "WRAITH": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
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.
