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EVIL SPIRIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spirit tending to cause harm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("evil spirit" is a kind of...):
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evil spirit"):
bad fairy (a fairy that tends to cause harm)
bogey; bogie; bogy (an evil spirit)
daemon; daimon; demon; devil; fiend (an evil supernatural being)
cacodaemon; cacodemon (an evil spirit)
ghoul (an evil spirit or ghost)
goblin; hob; hobgoblin ((folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings)
kelpie; kelpy ((Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders)
lamia; vampire ((folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living)
Instance hyponyms:
Mephistopheles (evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul)
