Thesaurus: wraith

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1. n. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.
2. n. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.
3. n. a mental representation of some haunting experience
4. n. a malevolent or haunting spirit
5. 1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.] She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. Sir W. Scott. O, hollow wraith of dying fame. Tennyson. 2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis.
6. n:100 n a mental representation of some haunting experience