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- Dictionarywraith/reɪθ/
noun
- 1. a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
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WRAITH definition: 1. a spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person 2…. Learn more.
1. a. : the exact likeness of a living person seen usually just before death as an apparition. b. : ghost, specter. 2. : an insubstantial form or semblance : shadow. 3. : a barely visible gaseous or vaporous column. wraithlike. ˈrāth-ˌlīk. adjective. Did you know?
a 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.
noun. the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death. a ghost or any apparition. an insubstantial copy of something. something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke.
Wraith can also mean something thin, wispy, or ghost-like. You could call a wisp of smoke rising from a chimney a wraith or you could say that a sick aunt had been reduced to a wraith — a thin, ghostly, figure. Sometimes it's even a compliment, which shows how we idealize wraith-like fashion models.
Define wraith. wraith synonyms, wraith pronunciation, wraith translation, English dictionary definition of wraith. n. 1. An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death. 2. The ghost of a dead person. 3. Something faint or...
noun. 1. the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his or her death. 2. a ghost or any apparition. 3. an insubstantial copy of something. 4. something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke.
