banshee's

Shrieking ghost's possession

Banshee's is the possessive form of banshee, a female spirit in Irish and Scottish folklore whose wailing foretells death.

The possessive typically appears with the creature's defining attribute: The banshee's cry echoed through the night.

Figuratively, anything with an eerie, piercing quality might earn the comparison: the banshee's wail of the ambulance siren.

wail

scream

Loud sharp cry

  • shriekShrill, piercing cry
  • cryVocal expression of emotion
  • keeningVocal mourning for dead

lament · howl · moan · piercing · unearthly · bloodcurdling · ghostly · echoing · haunting · shrill

folklore

Irish

Of the Emerald Isle

death · legend · myth · fae · supernatural · apparition · harbinger · doom · portent · Scottish

appearance

ghostly

Resembling a specter

  • paleLacking color intensity
  • whiteAbsence of pigment
  • wispyThin and insubstantial

floating · translucent · hooded · cloaked · haggard · spectral · ethereal · silver-haired · gaunt · hollow-eyed

Opposites
living vs supernatural entity

banshee'shuman's

Possessive for people

death herald vs life bringer

banshee'smidwife's

Birth helper's possessive

healer's · protector's

wailing/lamenting vs joyful/celebrating

banshee'ssiren's

Belonging to alluring danger

Phrases
Family

banshee, banshees

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG