Thesaurus / banshee
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synonyms for banshee
- apparition
- appearance
- bogey
- bogeyman
- daemon
- demon
- devil
- haunt
- kelpie
- manes
- phantasm
- phantom
- poltergeist
- revenant
- shade
- shadow
- soul
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- vampire
- vision
- visitant
- visitor
- wraith
- zombie
- bogle
- eidolon
- ethereal being
- incorporeal being
- apparition
- appearance
- demon
- Doppelganger
- kelpie
- phantasm
- phantom
- revenant
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- vision
- visitor
- haunter
- apparition
- appearance
- bogey
- bogeyman
- daemon
- demon
- devil
- haunt
- kelpie
- manes
- phantasm
- phantasma
- phantom
- poltergeist
- revenant
- shade
- shadow
- soul
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- vampire
- vision
- visitor
- wraith
- zombie
- bogle
- eidolon
- ethereal being
- incorporeal being
antonyms for banshee
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How to use banshee in a sentence
There was a man at my screening with the most irritating banshee laugh, which he would unleash at the most base-level moments of humor.
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO BACK TO THE MOVIES. I DID. AND CRIED. (A LOT.)KEVIN FALLONMAY 28, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIt is probably sometimes the one and sometimes the other; and its origin is very possibly like that of the Banshee.
ANIMAL GHOSTSELLIOTT O'DONNELLBy that time they were down in the servant's pantry where Polly was moaning and groaning and wailing like a banshee.
PTOMAINE STREETCAROLYN WELLSI left the road, circled the house with the turbine screaming like a banshee and the car taking the corners on the outside wheels.
HIGHWAYS IN HIDINGGEORGE OLIVER SMITHThe car shuddered, howled like a wounded banshee, and then leaped forward with a roar.
HIGHWAYS IN HIDINGGEORGE OLIVER SMITH"Good old Dog; he's treed the Banshee," and Yan rushed out into the darkness.
TWO LITTLE SAVAGESERNEST THOMPSON SETONHe knew now why she did it—it was to keep herself from wailing like a banshee!
POPPYCYNTHIA STOCKLEYThe banshee may, indeed, partake to some extent of a ghostly character.
ULSTER FOLKLOREELIZABETH ANDREWSHere I have been, melancholy as a roofless banshee, for two whole days.
MARJORIE DEAN, COLLEGE SENIORPAULINE LESTERBlaring metallic clangor, and the uncanny banshee wailing of the hunting sirens.
SHOCK TREATMENTSTANLEY MULLENWORDS RELATED TO BANSHEE
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