Antonyms for wraith


Grammar : Noun
Spell : reyth
Phonetic Transcription : reɪθ


Definition of wraith

Origin :
  • 1510s, "ghost," Scottish, of uncertain origin. Weekley suggests Old Norse vorðr "guardian" in the sense of "guardian angel." Klein points to Gaelic and Irish arrach "specter, apparition."
  • noun ghost
Example sentences :
  • In the strange illumination of the search beams he seemed the wraith of a scarecrow.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Across the stair she wavered, a wraith blown across the gulf of time.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • They had him, but it was like getting hold of an apparition, a wraith, a portent.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Was she a woman or a wraith, this slender thing swaying in the candle-light?
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • This apparition of a friend has in the Scotch wraith, or Irish fetch its counterpart.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • Sometimes he smiled at her; sometimes at the wraith in the rafters.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • How could this wraith, this apparition, do us physical injury!
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • A wraith of Tako was there, stricken as though numbed by surprise….
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • I think it was the image of my robust self as a wraith that did it.
  • Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
  • He was not a wraith, no grisly spectre, no half-nebulous Shape.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco

Synonyms for wraith

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