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noun
- 1. a ghost: "a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life" Similar
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the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country. Drought and war have raised the spectre of food shortages for up to 24 million African people. [ C ] literary. a ghost. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Predicting things and intuition. augury. bellwether. betcha.
The meaning of SPECTER is a visible disembodied spirit : ghost. How to use specter in a sentence.
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.
Spectre definition: a ghost; phantom; apparition. See examples of SPECTRE used in a sentence.
If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur.
1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. 2. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease. Also, esp. Brit., spectre. [1595–1605; < Latin spectrum; see spectrum]
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.
SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost (= dead person's…. Learn more.
spectre meaning, definition, what is spectre: a ghost: Learn more.
'Spectre' refers to an intangible, unsettling, and often menacing presence or possibility that casts a shadow over a situation. Its etymology reflects the idea of an apparition or image that haunts or looms ominously.
