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Spectre is a noun that means the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future, or a ghost. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations.
Learn the meaning of specter, a word for a visible disembodied spirit or something that haunts the mind. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of specter.
Alone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes. From Project Gutenberg. And when he did leave the dismal scene of this last act of his miseries, it was like the spectre of the man who had entered it. From Project Gutenberg.
Specter is the US spelling of spectre, which means a ghost or a frightening idea. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.
The word spectre (or specter) has to do with being haunted — it can be something that literally haunts you, like the ghost of your Aunt Sally who bangs the windows every night. You can also say that a reminder of something painful is a spectre.
Learn the meaning and usage of the word spectre, a countable noun that can refer to a ghost or a mental image of something unpleasant. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences and word frequency of spectre.
spectre. noun. /ˈspektə (r)/. /ˈspektər/. ( US English specter) spectre (of something) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future. The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine. Extra Examples.
