📖 Definitions of "Spectres"
noun
- 1
A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
"A specter haunted the cemetery at the old Vasquez manor."
- 2
A threatening mental image.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spectres"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| specternoun | A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.] |
| phantomnoun | A ghost or apparition. |
| spooknoun | (informal) A scare or fright. |
| ghostnoun | A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. |
| wraithnoun | A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. |
| apparitionnoun | An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself. |
| shadenoun | (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| fantasiesnoun | (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. |
| ghostsnoun | a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. |
| phantomsnoun | A ghost or apparition. |
| shadowsnoun | a 1959 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City. |
| spectranoun | Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments was a small volume of poetry published in 1916 by American writers Witter Bynner, who wrote under the pseudonym "Emanuel Morgan", and Arthur Davison Ficke, who wrote as "Anne Knish." |
| spectersnoun | A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.] |
| spectsnoun | — |
| spectralnoun | Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc.). |
| phantasmsnoun | Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. |
| wraithsnoun | A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. |
| spiritsnoun | (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) Distilled alcoholic beverages. |
| revenantsnoun | the second studio album by American deathcore band, Conducting from the Grave. |
| spooksnoun | (known as MI-5 in some countries) a British television spy drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 seasons. |
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