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- 1. a ghost: "a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life" Similar
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SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost 3. UK spelling of…. Learn more.
noun. spec· ter ˈspek-tər. variants or spectre. Synonyms of specter. 1. : a visible disembodied spirit : ghost. 2. : something that haunts or perturbs the mind : phantasm. the specter of hunger. Synonyms. apparition. bogey. bogie. bogy. familiar spirit. ghost. hant [ dialect] haunt [ chiefly dialect] materialization. phantasm. fantasm. phantom.
Spectre definition: a ghost; phantom; apparition. See examples of SPECTRE used in a sentence.
spectre in British English. or US specter (ˈspɛktə ) noun. 1. a ghost; phantom; apparition. 2. a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing. the spectre of redundancy. Collins English Dictionary.
The word spectre (or specter) has to do with being haunted — it can be something that literally haunts you, like the ghost of your Aunt Sally who bangs the windows every night. You can also say that a reminder of something painful is a spectre.
1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. 2. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease. Also, esp. Brit., spectre. [1595–1605; < Latin spectrum; see spectrum]
SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost (= dead person's…. Learn more.
