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Meanings of
spectre
in английском
португальский
fantasma
каталонский
aparició
испанский
aparición
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A ghostly appearing figure.
phantom
apparition
specter
phantasm
phantasma
fantasm
португальский
fantasma
португальский
espectro
каталонский
espectre
испанский
espectro
Back to the meaning
A mental representation of some haunting experience.
ghost
shade
spook
wraith
португальский
espectro
Synonyms
Examples for "
phantom
"
phantom
apparition
specter
phantasm
phantasma
Examples for "
phantom
"
1
Labour health spokesperson Annette King says
phantom
waiting lists are just that.
2
This leads to
phantom
traffic jams which occur without any obvious reason.
3
I can lead them to all the victims their
phantom
hearts desire.
4
The spider form degenerated, and no new
phantom
shape took its place.
5
The
phantom
of her dread lurked once more darkly in the background.
1
Now another
apparition
appeared which caused me a great deal of confusion.
2
They regard the hall here as a possible site of miraculous
apparition
.
3
In the actual presence of the
apparition
Mr. Nott's dignified resistance wavered.
4
The old man gazed full at the frowsy
apparition
in the doorway.
5
She was staggered by the
apparition
of Mr. Cannon in the porch.
1
Now, the immigrants claim, certain units remain haunted by this chemical
specter
.
2
One clawed foot came up and down and destroyed a second
specter
.
3
Theism might almost retort the apologue of the
specter
of the Brocken.
4
The comments raise the
specter
of harsher action in Congress against Facebook.
5
It has raised the
specter
of increasingly unpredictable and volatile labor action.
1
The movements of the
phantasm
were entirely repetitionary of the previous night.
2
Once for all I will ease my soul regarding the horrid
phantasm
.
3
This is a tangible and olfactory
phantasm
masterfully created by the Matrix.
4
Perhaps it was a
phantasm
of a disordered mind in a fevered body.
5
Opposite the house the
phantasm
stopped for a moment and wagged its tail.
1
Her ancient civility is gone, and her glory hath vanished as a
phantasma
.
2
The whole was like the
phantasma
of some terrible dream.
3
They seemed like the Orama of the Greeks,-prophetswhile
phantasma
.
4
The sudden presence of a raven at a bridal banquet could scarcely have been a greater
phantasma
.
5
He who felt nothing-knewnothing-hadnow his eyes opened with terrible clearness to one object-the livid
phantasma
of a strangling death.
1
Ralph watched through the hypersonic's sensor suite as the laser blast from low orbit struck the
fantasm
vehicle.
2
Stephanie looked at the tanks; if she concentrated hard she could make out the
fantasm
shapes of the farm tractor mechanoids behind the armour.
3
For the child: the disappearance of surrounding fears and
fantasms
make life easier.
Usage of
spectre
in английском
1
However, he is still the
spectre
which haunts the politics of Zimbabwe.
2
Sceptics believe the election
spectre
will send the Government running for cover.
3
Everything points to the
spectre
of another reality rippling through the neon.
4
The
spectre
of nuclear war has a curiously weakening effect on superpowers.
5
The
spectre
of US interference still hangs over the new Wired UK.
6
Some unionists and protestors raise the
spectre
of similar action in Romania.
7
The
spectre
of prime minister Corbyn haunts the corridors of Conservative minds.
8
For a time the
spectre
of fear had me in its power.
9
But the
spectre
of the NHS deficit still haunts his reform plans.
10
This means that starvation is the grim
spectre
in six thousand homes.
11
Its
spectre
also looms menacingly on the horizon for Ireland's business community.
12
She came nearer and nearer, a graceful
spectre
in the dazzling morning.
13
Towards the end of 1807 the
spectre
of divorce arose before her.
14
The
spectre
lights of the north were already dancing their sombre measure.
15
What the morals of a
spectre
could be, Schomberg had no idea.
16
From the cup grins a skeleton, at the board warns a
spectre
.
Other examples for "spectre"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
spectre
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
raise the spectre
grim spectre
pale spectre
haunting spectre
see a spectre
More collocations
Translations for
spectre
португальский
fantasma
espectro
sombra
каталонский
aparició
fantasma
espectre
испанский
aparición
fantasma
espectro
wraith
sombra
Spectre
through the time
Spectre
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common