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evil spirit

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Noun1.evil spiritevil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm      
bad fairy - a fairy that tends to cause harm
bogey, bogie, bogy - an evil spirit
daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend - an evil supernatural being
cacodaemon, cacodemon - an evil spirit
ghoul - an evil spirit or ghost
goblin, hob, hobgoblin - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
kelpie, kelpy - (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
lamia, vampire - (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings


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Just then she looked out of the window and saw him coming, and it seemed as if an evil spirit entered into her, for she snatched the apple out of her little daughter's hand, and said, 'You shall not have one before your brother.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
When the evil spirit has once taken hold of the heart of man, it urges him on, without letting him stop.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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