wraithnoun [ C ]
uk/reɪθ/us/reɪθ/literarya 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.
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Souls, spirits & ghosts
- apparition
- astral plane
- aura
- chi
- familiar
- ghost
- ghostly
- haunt
- necromancy
- Ouija board
- phantom
- poltergeist
- possessed
- soul
- spectral
- spectre
- spirit
- spiritualism
- spook
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Weakness and vulnerability
Indistinct & invisible
wraithlike
adjective uk/ˈreɪθ.laɪk/us/ˈreɪθ.laɪk/literary
a wraithlike (= thin and pale) figure in a grey floating dress