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přízrak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apparition noun A ghost or ghostlike figure; a sudden, strange appearance.
  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • phantom noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
  • specter noun A ghostly figure or apparition; a phantom.
  • sprite noun A small supernatural being, such as an elf or fairy, in folklore.

Senses

přízrak is used for these senses in English:

  • apparition An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • phantom Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  • specter A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • specter (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • sprite A spirit; a soul; a shade.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

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