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spectre

DEFINITIONS OF: spectre

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n a ghostly appearing figure

Synonyms:
apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter
Types:
Flying Dutchman
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Type of:
disembodied spirit, spirit
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

n a mental representation of some haunting experience

Synonyms:
ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith
Type of:
apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
something existing in perception only
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