wraith

wraith
    n 1: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
         looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from
         his past" [syn: {ghost}, {shade}, {spook}, {wraith},
         {specter}, {spectre}]
    

Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
   guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian,
   akin to E. ward. See {Ward} a guard.]
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   1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
      before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
      specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
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            She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
            wraith.                               --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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            O, hollow wraith of dying fame.       --Tennyson.
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   2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
      the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "wraith":
      Doppelganger, Masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit,
      banshee, co-walker, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit,
      double, doubleganger, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, etheric double,
      fantasy, fetch, figure, form, ghost, grateful dead, guide, hant,
      haunt, idolum, image, immateriality, incorporeal,
      incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva, lemures, manes,
      materialization, oni, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantom,
      poltergeist, presence, revenant, shade, shadow, shape,
      shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite,
      theophany, unsubstantiality, vision, waking dream,
      walking dead man, wandering soul, wildest dream, zombie