spectre (redirected from Specters)

spec·tre  (spktr)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of specter.

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spectre or US specter

Noun

1. a ghost

2. an unpleasant or menacing vision in one's imagination: the spectre of famine [Latin spectrum]

spectral adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spectre - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
	2.	spectre - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" ghost, specter, wraith, spook, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

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spectre

noun ghost, spirit, phantom, presence, vision, shadow, shade (literary) apparition, wraith, kehua N.Z.

Translations

spectre, specter (US) [ˈspɛktəʳ] n → espectro, fantasma m

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spectre (US), specter [ˈspɛktəʳ] n → spectre m, fantôme m

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spectre (US) specter [ˈspɛktəʳ] n → Gespenst nt (fig); (Schreck)gespenst nt

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spectre (US), specter [ˈspɛktəʳ] n → spettro

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spectre

n spectre [ˈspektə]

a ghost. spook شَبَح، خَيال призрак strašidlo spøgelse der Spuk φάντασμα espectro kummitus, tont روح kummitus revenant/-ante רוּח רְפָאִים प्रेत, भूत duh, sablast kísértet hantu draugur fantasma 幽霊 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis spoks hantu spook spøkelse, skrømt duch assombração fantomă привидение; призрак strašidlo duh duh spöke ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ 鬼