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- DictionaryWraith/rāTH/
noun
- 1. a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
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.
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. Discover More.
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.
wraith. ( reɪθ) n. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death. 2. (Alternative Belief Systems) a ghost or any apparition. 3. an insubstantial copy of something.
wraith. the ghost of a person that is seen a short time before or after that person dies synonym spectre. Definition of wraith noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wraith. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Wraith definition: An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death.
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