Thesaurus results for WRAITHS

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

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Noun

Camilla appeared in good spirits despite the recent royal drama surrounding Prince Harry and his visit to the United Kingdom.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Christie’s similarly posted its best results ever for wine and spirits sales.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of spirits

Noun

The music starts to shift beginning with the third episode, when Lestat becomes overwhelmed by the apparition of his abusive maker and other ghosts, including Claudia, whose killing he’d been forced to witness firsthand.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
When nighttime falls, the game’s friendly parkgoers turn into zombies and ghosts who chase the park ranger, armed with nothing but a Frisbee deployed by the keyboard’s space bar.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 9 July 2026

Definition of ghosts

Noun

Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?

— Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of apparitions

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These new developments bring into fuller view some questions that could only linger in the shadows when Shannon and I spoke.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
In the long shadows of the Pacific Northwest, the Yanks were fortunate not to trail 5-1 at the half — and their lone goal came on a Malik Tillman free kick that deflected off a Belgian defender’s head into the net.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Definition of shadows

Noun

Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.

— Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Just in time for Halloween, the sonic phantoms that have long plagued the ladies of The View have seemingly possessed inanimate objects over on the Live With Kelly and Mark set.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025

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