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wraiths

noun

plural of wraith
as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches

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Recent Examples of wraiths The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wraiths
  1. spirits
  2. ghosts
  3. apparitions
  4. shadows
  5. phantoms
Noun
  • There was a famous movie in the ’80s called ‘The Entity,’ a horror movie where a woman is visited by spirits and has sex with them.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • These adaptogenics also cost as much, if not more, than alcoholic spirits, such as Three Spirit, which incorporates ingredients such as guayusa (stimulating effects), damiana (aphrodisiac effects) and valerian (stress-relieving effects).
    — Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • My aunties are more straightforward, seeing ghosts, that kind of thing.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Back to the ghosts Zwicker also is the author of books about haunted places in New England.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of ghosts
Noun
  • That is, until miraculous apparitions turn it into a place to be.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Definition of apparitions
Noun
  • The Supreme Court continues to make consequential rulings in the shadows.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • His favorite target, CeeDee Lamb, emerged from the shadows with a breakout game that restores his stature among the NFL’s top wideouts in just one game.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The two phantoms were designed to be adult females, since previous research found that breasts and ovaries are especially susceptible to radiation damage.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of phantoms

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