The banshee let out a blood-curdling scream.
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Banshee
//bænˈʃiː//
Synonyms for "banshee" (80 found)
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33 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَانْشِي noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Armenian
1 entries- բանշի noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Catalan
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 喪門星 /丧门星 noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- 喪門神 /丧门神 noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- 報喪女妖 /报丧女妖 noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Danish
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Dutch
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Esperanto
1 entries- banŝio noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Finnish
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
French
2 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- banshie noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
German
1 entries- Banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Hungarian
1 entries- sikítószellem noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Irish
1 entries- bean sí noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Japanese
1 entries- バンシー noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Korean
1 entries- 반시 noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Manx
1 entries- ben shee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- banşî noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Old Irish
2 entries- baintsíde noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- ben síde noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Polish
1 entries- szyszymora noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Portuguese
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Russian
4 entries- ба́нши noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- ба́ньши noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- банши́ noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- баньши́ noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Scots
1 entries- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bean-shìdh noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Spanish
2 entries- La Llorona noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
- banshee noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- банші noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Welsh
1 entries- cyhyraeth noun (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
She wandered like a banshee through the castle's alleys. She was no longer the king's favorite, she had been deposed.
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Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].
Source: wiktionary
Where's this old banshee that runs the place?
Source: wiktionary
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