a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
an undead spirit raised to serve its master Unlike a zombie, wraiths have very little physical form Their heads are usually nothing but a dense mass of air or black smoke Wraiths are very quick and strong, but they are very vulnerable to sharp weapons, unlike their zombie and skeleton counterparts
n A ghostly being, a wraith is often seen just prior to a person's death, just as a Banshee is heard wailing before a death in a family Something "wraith-like" would be a ghostly or shadowy vision Warcraft III art (defunct unit); Removed Unit info
Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; called also water wraith
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
{i} spirit of one dead, ghost, specter, ghost of a dead person; ghostly image of someone; apparition of a living person that predicts the person's imminent death, exact resemblance of a living person just before death ; faint trace; something that is pale or weak and has no clear shape; gaseous or vaporous column that is hardly visible