wraithlike

Definition of Wraithlike in English :

1. shadowy, wraithlike

lacking in substance

Example Sentences:
'strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds'
'dim shadowy forms'
'a wraithlike column of smoke'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wraithlike

noun

1.

the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his or her death

2.

a ghost or any apparition

3.

an insubstantial copy of something

4.

something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke

noun

1.

a ghost

2.

the spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death