1.to die; to breathe one's last; to meet one's death; to take one's last sleep; to pop off; to kick the bucket; to pass away; to sleep in the grave 2.death; doom; dysthanasia; abiosis; the last sleep 1.terror; horror; fright; dread 2.terrifying; horrible; dreadful; ghastly affright brat holy terror little terror panic scourge threat .a ghost; a spirit; an apparition 2.stealthy; tricky; furtive 3.a sinister plot; a dirty trick 4.devilish; damned; ghastly phantom a word used in literature meaning a frightening and unclear image of a dead person [n C] apparition an image of a dead person that you see suddenly spirit the part of a person that is believed to continue to live after they have died spectre (British) / specter (American) a word used in literature for a ghost, especially a frightening one poltergeist a type of spirit that moves objects or throws furniture about, often causing damage and making a lot of noise .dark 2.darkness; murk; shade 3.sinister pitch dark/pitch black completely dark, so that nothing can be seen