wraith
Pale spectral figure
A wraith is a ghost or spectral apparition, especially one seen shortly before or after someone's death.
The word carries connotations of something pale, insubstantial, and haunting.
Figuratively, a wraith is anyone gaunt or ghostly in appearance: She had become a wraith after months of illness.
Something wraithlike drifts or moves silently: Fog hung over the field like a wraith.
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
revenant · phantasm · spook · banshee · poltergeist · ghoul · soul · ectoplasm
Trouble persistently, as spirits
- possessionState of owning
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
paranormal · supernatural · curse · necromancy · summoning · spiritualism · clairvoyant · psychic
Blood-drinking undead creature
- lichUndead mage with phylactery
- wightArchaic term for creature
- zombieReanimated dead body
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
revenant · skeleton · mummy · Nazgûl · deathless · risen · reanimated · undying
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- wispyThin and insubstantial
gossamer · diaphanous · vaporous · misty · shadowy · fading · luminous · glowing
Persistent resentment toward someone
- curseInvoked harm through words
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- wrongedTreated with injustice
murdered · betrayed · restless · malevolent · wailing · lamenting · seeking · pursuing
Place of temporary suffering
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- underworldRealm of the departed
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
veil · crossing · passage · restless · unfinished · earthbound · wandering · lost
specter
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
spirit · revenant · phantasm · spook · banshee · poltergeist · ghoul · soul · ectoplasm · manifestation
haunt
Trouble persistently, as spirits
- possessionState of owning
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
exorcism · paranormal · supernatural · curse · necromancy · summoning · spiritualism · clairvoyant · psychic · manifestation
vampire
Blood-drinking undead creature
ghoul · revenant · skeleton · mummy · Nazgûl · deathless · risen · reanimated · undying
incorporeal
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
wispy · gossamer · diaphanous · vaporous · misty · shadowy · fading · luminous · glowing · pallid
grudge
Persistent resentment toward someone
- curseInvoked harm through words
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
wronged · murdered · betrayed · restless · malevolent · wailing · lamenting · seeking · pursuing · relentless
purgatory
Place of temporary suffering
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- underworldRealm of the departed
realm · veil · crossing · passage · restless · unfinished · earthbound · wandering · lost · trapped
- Scottish Lorekelpie, selkie, brownie, Loch Ness Monster, Nessie
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, soul
wraithhuman
Homo sapiens individual
flesh and blood · living being · mortal · body · physical body