A specter means a ghostly apparition, a ghost itself, or simply an idea that people find frightening. You can give yourself nightmares if you listen to too many stories about ghostly specters appearing in dark windows.
Noun
a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
Noun
a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
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Alt. of Spectre
Usage Examples
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?
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Other Usage ExamplesThere is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.
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